Maquindox, 3-methyl-2-acetylquinoxaline-1, 4-dioxide, is a quinoxaline-N, N-dioxide used in veterinary medicine as a feed additive. 1-Desoxymaquindox and 4-desoxymaquindox, two novel deoxidized metabolites of maquindox are synthesized from their parent drug. This study deals with the structural and spectral properties of the maquindox metabolites by employing experimental and theoretical methods. The investigation, using ultra- ...
