Pyrazine is a kind of natural product which can be found in plants, animals, insects, marine organisms andmicroorganisms. The main function of pyrazine in living organisms is used as flavor of the raw foods. Pyrazine and its derivatives were also produced in industries mainly for fragrance, flavor and pharmaceutical applications. This review describes the historical development of pyrazine including the discovery and synthesis, to the recent synthetic approach of pyrazinium. In general, six synthetic approaches namely condensation reaction, ring closure, metal catalysis, green reaction, Maillard reaction and acid catalyst on N-substitution have been reviewed in this paper. The first five approaches are mainly aimed for the substitution at 2, 3, 5 and 6 positions in pyrazine ring, whereas the last approach is specifically for 1 and 4 positions in pyrazine. Keywords: Diazine, pyrazine, and Maillard reaction

The present paper reports the use of 31P NMR spectroscopy to predict the isomer structures of [bis{4-methoxy-phenyl-[3-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-allylidene]-amino}]-bis[triphenylphosphine]ruthenium(II), also known as bis{(di-p-anisole)-1,4-azabutadiene}-bis[triphenylphosphine]ruthenium(II), complexes. The complexation reaction was carried out under refluxing condition of (di-p-anisole)-1,4-azabutadiene (compound 1), triphenylphosphine (PPh3), and ruthenium chloride in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1 for five hours. In addition, ruthenium(II) complexes were also characterized using FTIR and UV-Vis spectroscopy to support the formation of ruthenium(II) complexes. 31P NMR spectroscopic study on ruthenium(II) complexes suggested that there are three isomers present after the complexation reaction and all the ruthenium complexes demonstrate octahedral geometry.

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