Electrochemical reduction of quinoxalinoquinoxaline

Article abstract of DOI:10.1139/v82-402

The electrochemical reduction of quinoxalino<2,3-b>quinoxaline gives fluoflavine (2) the structure of which is discussed.The electrochemical reduction of fluoflavine in acidic medium leads to a hexahydroquinolino<2,3-b>quinoxaline.A reduction mechanism is proposed based on cyclic voltammetry results and preparative electrolysis.The results obtained in the case of quinoxalino<2,3-b>quinoxaline are used to rationalize the results obtained in the case of pyrazino<2,3-b>pyrazines and pyrazino<2,3-b>quinoxalines.