June 1980 The Reaction of Alkylpyrazine Anions with Some Electrophiles. Synthesis of l,2-o¿s(2-pyrazyl)ethanes Yoram Houminer* and Edward B. Sanders* Philip Morris USA, P. 0. Box 26583, Richmond, Virginia 23261 Received November 19, 1979 647 The reaction of alkylpyrazine anions with iodine, 1,2-dibromoethylene or oxygen gives 1,2-bis- (2-pyrazyl)ethanes. J. Heterocyclic Chem., 17, 647 (1980). As part of a program to prepare novel pyrazine deriva- tives, we ...
