A concise synthesis of (±)-rhazinal that hinges on novel oxidative Heck cyclizations and palladium-catalyzed direct couplings is described. An X-ray structure of N-MOM-rhazinal, which provides insight into the conformation of the strained 9-membered lactam ring, is described.
![N5,N5,N10,N10-tetramethyl-5,10-dihydrodipyrrolo[1,2-a:1',2'-d]pyrazine-5,10-diamine结构式](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/306/64435-30-9.png)
