Polycyclic N-hetero compounds. XXII† Reaction of pyridine N-oxides and Pyrazine di-N-oxides with formamide
Part XXI: T. Hirota, M. Fukumoto, K. Sasaki, T. Namba, and S. Hayakawa, Heterocycles, 24, 143 (1986).
Abstract
Reactions of pyridine N-oxides, pyrazine di-N-oxides, and their benzologues with formamide are described. Carbamoylation mainly occurred at aromatic ring with loss of the N-oxide oxygen atom, however, 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine 1-oxide gave 2- and 4-pyrimidinyl derivatives.