“…Earlier some extended and thorough review articles on these *Address correspondence to this author at the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1025 Budapest, Pusztaszeri út 59-67, Hungary; Tel: +36-13257550; Fax: +36-13257865; E-mail: ghajos@chemres.hu and other oxa and thio analogues appeared. Thus, detailed history of chemistry of the title compounds can be found for the following ring systems: pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidinium (b, [1,2,3]), pyrido [1,2-a]pyrazinium (c, [1,2,4]), pyrido [1,2-c]pyrimidinium (d, [1,2,5]) and pyrido [1,2-b]pyridazinium salts (e, [1,2,6]). These surveys reveal that in many cases relatively much attention has been paid to partly saturated derivatives of these cations which may have two main reasons: (i) the heteroaromatic cationic species are reactive enough in many cases to undergo transformations in which the aromatic character has been lost, (ii) some partly saturated derivatives (e.g.…”