Abstract The phthalazine Reissert compound has been used to convert phthalazine to 1- benzylphthalazines, bisbenzylphthalazines, 1, 4-disubstituted phthalazines, 1- cyanophthalazine, and a number of other phthalazine derivatives including the tricyclic compound 14.
![1-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]phthalazine Structure](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/432/75208-14-9.png)
