A family of N-mono- and N,N'-diacylated 5,10-dihydrophenazines (4-26)
was prepared by reaction of 5,10-dihydrophenazine (1) or the correspon
ding 5,10-bis(trimethylsilyl) derivative (3) with acyl chlorides. 5,10
-Bis(4-nitrobenzoyl)-5,10-dihydrophenazine (11) was hydrogenated to th
e new aromatic diamine 21 which is an interesting starting material fo
r polymer syntheses.