Y. Kurasawa et al., SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON THE TAUTOMER RATIOS BETWEEN THE HYDRAZONE IMINE AND DIAZENYL ENAMINE FORMS IN SIDE-CHAINED QUINOXALINES, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 31(2), 1994, pp. 527-533
The arylhydrazono)methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoxalines 9-11 were synth
esized by the reaction of the quinoxalines 6-8 with various p-substitu
ted benzenediazonium salts. Compounds 9-11 showed the tautomeric equil
ibria between the hydrazone imine A and diazenyl enamine B forms in di
methyl sulfoxide media. The substituent effect on the tautomer ratios
of A to B was studied by the nmr spectroscopy to clarify that the pres
ence of the ester group R2 on the hydrazone carbon and electron-donati
ng p-substituent R1 on the side chain benzene ring exhibited a tendenc
y to increase the ratios of the tautomer A.