- Tetrazine
Tetrazine is an unstable compound that consists of a six-membered
aromatic ring containing four nitrogen atoms with the molecular formula C2H2N4. The name "tetrazine" is used in the nomenclature of derivatives of this compound. Three core-ringisomer s exist: 1,2,3,4-tetrazines, 1,2,3,5-tetrazines and 1,2,4,5-tetrazines.1,2,3,4-tetrazines
1,2,3,4-Tetrazines are often isolated fused to an aromatic ring system and are stablized as the dioxide derivatives.
1,2,4,5-tetrazine
1,2,4,5-Tetrazines are very well known and myriad 3,6-disubstituted 1,2,4,5-tetrazines are known. [(see United States Patent 6645325)] These materials are of use in the area of energetic chemistry.
The compound 3,6-di-2-pyridyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine [Datasheet: [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/search/ProductDetail/ALDRICH/403547 Link] ] has two
pyridine substituents and is of importance as a reagent inDiels-Alder reaction s. It reacts withnorbornadiene in a sequence of one DA reactions and two retro-DA reactions tocyclopentadiene and apyridazine with exchange of anacetylene unit::
With norbornadiene fused to an arene the reaction stops at an intermediary stage ["π-Bond Screening in Benzonorbornadienes: The Role of 7-Substituents in Governing the Facial Selectivity for the Diels-Alder Reaction of Benzonorbornadienes with 3,6-Di(2-pyridyl)-s-Tetrazine". Ronald N. Warrener and Peter A. Harrison Molecules 2001, 6, 353–369 [http://www.mdpi.org/molecules/papers/60400353.pdf Online Article] ]
ee also
* 6-membered rings with one nitrogen atom:
pyridine s
* 6-membered rings with two nitrogen atoms:diazine s
* 6-membered rings with three nitrogen atoms:triazine s
* 6-membered rings with six nitrogen atoms:hexazine References
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