“…Their structural elements seem to occur only rarely in lignins (Hwang & Sakakibara, 1981). In connection with some other natural and synthetic work on biologically active neolignan derivatives (Barata et al, 2000), we became interested in the preparation of C-7 nitrogen analogues of 3 0 ,7-epoxy-8,4 0 -oxyneolignans, such as compound (II), previously obtained in moderate yields (Shridhar et al, 1981;Sabitha & Rao, 1987). Compounds with the 2H-benz [b] [1,4]oxazine system have been synthesized in an attempt to obtain anti-inflammatory, central muscle relaxant, diuretic, antibacterial, anti-amoebic, antitrichomonal and anthelmintic agents (Shridhar et al, 1986).…”