The coupling of arylboronic acids with 2,6-diamino-3,5-dibromo-1,4-pyrazine
(6) gave 2,6-diamino-3,5-diaryl-1,4-pyrazines (7). The reaction of 7 with
methyl glyoxal in aqueous EtOH-HCl led to the N,N'-disubstituted products 8
, instead of the expected bicyclic imidazolopyrazinones 1. The 2,6-bis[1-(e
thoxycarbonyl)ethylamino]-3,5-diaryl-1,4-pyrazines 8 are powerful inhibitor
s of the AAPH-induced linoleate peroxidation.