Acetylhydrazones of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes behave as 1-azadienes in their reaction with 2, 5, 8 (1H)-quinolinetriones, affording 1, 8-diazaanthracene-2, 9, 10-triones, while the corresponding N-methyl derivatives are unreactive. In comparison with N, N- dimethylhydrazones, acetylhydrazones are less reactive but the yields obtained are similar or higher because of the suppression of side products formed by addition of ...
[Perez, Jose Maria; Lopez-Alvarado, Pilar; Alonso, Miguel Angel; Avendano, Carmen; Menendez, J. Carlos Tetrahedron Letters, 1996 , vol. 37, # 38 p. 6955 - 6958]