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Preferred IUPAC name Quinoxaline[1] | |||
Other names Benzo[b]pyrazine, Benzopyrazine, Benzoparadiazine, 1,4-Benzodiazine, Phenopiazine, Phenpiazine, Quinazine, Chinoxalin | |||
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.001.862![]() | ||
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Properties | |||
C8H6N2 | |||
Molar mass | 130.150 g·mol−1 | ||
Melting point | 29-32 °C | ||
Boiling point | 220 to 223 °C (428 to 433 °F; 493 to 496 K) | ||
Acidity (pKa) | 0.60[2] | ||
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H315,H319,H335 | |||
P261,P264,P271,P280,P302+P352,P304+P340,P305+P351+P338,P312,P321,P332+P313,P337+P313,P362,P403+P233,P405,P501 | |||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Aquinoxaline, also called abenzopyrazine, inorganic chemistry, is aheterocyclic compound containing a ring complex made up of abenzene ring and apyrazine ring. It isisomeric with othernaphthyridines includingquinazoline,phthalazine andcinnoline.[3] It is a colorless oil that melts just above room temperature. Although quinoxaline itself is mainly of academic interest, quinoxaline derivatives are used as dyes, pharmaceuticals (such asvarenicline), and antibiotics such asolaquindox,carbadox,echinomycin,levomycin andactinoleutin.
They can be formed bycondensingortho-diamines with 1,2-diketones. The parent substance of the group, quinoxaline, results whenglyoxal is condensed with1,2-diaminobenzene.[4] Substituted derivatives arise when α-ketonicacids, α-chlorketones, α-aldehydealcohols and α-ketone alcohols are used in place of diketones.[3] Quinoxaline and its analogues may also be formed by reduction of amino acids substituted 1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DFDNB):[5]
One study[6] used2-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) as acatalyst in the reaction ofbenzil with 1,2-diaminobenzene:
Theantitumoral properties of quinoxaline compounds have been of interest.[7] Recently, quinoxaline and its analogs have been investigated as ligands.[8]