Dioxidine [2, 3-bis (hydroxymethyl) quinoxaline 1, 4-dioxide](I) is an effective medicinal preparation that is used in the treatment of acute bacterial infections [i, 2]. It is known that the N-oxides of a-hydroxyalkyl derivatives of azines display a capacity for undergoing various types of redox reactions in both alkaline and acidic media [3-7]. It has been previously shown that I in the presence of alkaline reagents undergoes redox transformations that ...