“…There has been a very limited study on the Diels-Alder reaction of vinyl acetate or methyl vinyl ether with trimethyl 1,2,4-triazine-3,5,6-tricarboxylate leading to the corresponding trimethyl pyridine-2,3,6-tricarboxylate. 9 However, somewhat similar reactions of 1,2,4-triazines with bicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-diene 9, which can be considered as an acetylene equivalent, have been extensively exploited and well documented. [9][10][11][12] We initially attempted the [4+2] cycloaddition of 1 with this dienophile, but in addition to the desired 7, the mixture was obtained containing, as its major component compound 10.…”