New opportunities for the synthesis of quinoxaline-substituted heterocyclic and aryl moieties

6.7-Difluoroquinoxaline (I) reacted with dimedone, indandione, and 3-methyl-1-phenylpyrazol-5-one in DMSO solution in the presence of acid to form mono-substituted products IIa - c. Heating I with resorcinol in EtOH in the presence of acid gave resorcinol derivative IId. 6.7-Difluoroquinoxaline in the presence of base reacted with 3-methyl-1-phenylmethylpyrazol-5-one to form dipyrazolylmethane III and tetrapyrazolylethane derivative IV. Heating products IIa - c with N-methylpiperazine produced 7-methylpiperazine derivatives Va - c of 2-substituted quinoxalines. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York