In this study I have examined electrochemical transformations of indole and dihydropyrazine derivatives using graphite electrodes, and thermal conversions of dihydropyrazine derivatives in closed ACE tubes employing activated carbon as a catalyst. Regarding electrochemical transformations, I have tried to build an electrochemical setup from simple commercially available components that would be easy to use as an everyday means of electrochemical synthesis. By using graphite electrodes during the syntheses, I tried to compare their efficiency with more expensive platinum electrodes. In thermal conversions I have tried to test if it is possible to generalize the reaction of aromatization of 5,6-diphenyl-2,3-dihydropyrazine to 2,3-diphenylpyrazine so it would be applicable to other derivatives of dihydropyrazines, which I have synthesised. Reactions were followed with TLC and final products were characterised with spectroscopic methods – 1H NMR and HRMS. I have found that
graphite electrodes were suitable for transformations of dihydropyrazine derivatives but with indoles, products were observed only in trace amounts. Regarding thermal aromatization reactions, I have found that such type of reaction can be generalized to various dihydropyrazine derivatives.
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