Synthesis of Diazanorcaradienes and 1,2-Diazepines via the Tandem [4+2]-Cycloaddition/Retro-[4+2]-Cycloaddition Reaction between Methoxycarbonylcyclopropenes and Dimethoxycarbonyltetrazine

The reaction of di(methoxycarbonyl)tetrazine with substituted cycloprop-2-ene-1-carboxylates gives a series of 3,4-diazanorcaradienes and 1,2-diazepines. The influence of the nature of cyclopropenes and the reaction conditions on its selectivity was investigated. The addition of nucleophiles to norcaradienes was studied and a rare example of the walk rearrangement in this class of compounds was revealed.