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A synthesis of pyridobenzodiazepines
Osman, A. N.,Ismail, M. Mohsen
, p. 798 - 799 (2007/10/02)
2-Chloro-4,6-dimethylnicotinonitrile (I) has been prepared and allowed to react with 1,2-phenylenediamine and its dimethyl derivative in abs. ethanol to produce 2-arylaminonicotinonitrile derivatives (II) through dehydrohalogenation.When the nitriles (II) are heated at their melting points they suffer intramolecular nucleophilic cycloaddition to give pyridobenzodiazepines (III).However, fusion of 1,2-phenylenediamines with I affords a mixture of II and III-hydrochlorides.The free bases (III) are leberated from their hydrochlorides by neutralization with sodium carbonate.Structures of the new compounds have been established by microanalytical and spectroscopic data.