Expanding the substitution pattern of 2(1H)-pyrazinones via Suzuki and Heck reactions

Various 3,5-dichloropyrazinones were substituted at the C-3 position with (hetero)aryl, alkyl and alkenyl groups by means of Suzuki and Heck reactions. The methodology could be extended to reactions on the far less reactive C-5 position by transhalogenation of the 5-Cl substituent to a 5-Br or a 5-I group prior to performing the cross-coupling. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.