Inverse-Diels-Alder reaction of dimethyl 1,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicarboxylate with unsaturated bicyclic endoperoxides gave the bicyclic endoperoxides containing the pyridazine ring. The NEt(3) and CoTPP (TPP = tetraphenylporphyrin) catalyzed reaction of endoperoxide 8 resulted in the formation of hydroxy ketone 11 and cis-diol 9. Cleavage of the peroxide linkage in 8 with thiourea provided cis-diol 9. Oxidation of hydroxy ketone 11 and cis-diol 9 led to the phthalazine-5,8-dione 10. Furthermore, the various transformations of the other endoperoxides 19, 20, 22, 23, and 30 resulted in the formation of pyridazine derivatives.

Amidines undergo cyclocondensations with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) to give highly functionalized 5‐dialkylamino‐4‐pyrrolin‐3‐ones. The products are crystalline, highly colored compounds that are uniquely functionalized and represent advanced intermediates in the construction of several other heterocyles, in particular the biologically active tetramic acids. The synthetic transformations of these compounds to tetramic acids are also described.

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