Synthesis and properties of imidazolo-fused benzotriazinyl radicals.

1,3-Diphenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-7(1H)-one, the oxidation product of 1,3-diphenyl-1,4-dihydro-1,2,4-benzotriazin-4-yl (Blatter's radical), reacts with N'-arylbenzamidines in PhMe at ca. 100 °C in the presence of N,N-diisopropylethylamine (Hünig's base) (1 equiv.) to give N'-aryl-N-(1,7-dihydro-7-oxo-1,3-diphenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-6-yl)benzimidamides in 49-95% yield. In neat AcOH heated at ca. 120 °C, N'–aryl-N-(1,7-dihydro-7-oxo-1,3-diphenylbenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-6-yl)benzimidamides cyclodehydrate to give the novel 8-substituted 1,3,7-triphenyl-4,8-dihydro-1H-imidazo[4,5-g][1,2,4]benzotriazin-4-yls in 13-81% yield. During the optimization of this cyclodehydration an additional oxazole fused benzotriazinyl radical 1,3,7-triphenyl-1,4-dihydro[1,3]oxazolo[4,5-g][1,2,4]benzotriazin-4-yl was isolated as a side product and characterized. The CV and EPR data of the imidazolo- and oxazolo-fused radicals are presented as well as single crystal X-ray structures of 1,3,7-triphenyl-1,4-dihydro-[1,3]oxazolo[4,5-g][1,2,4]benzotriazin-4-yl and 1,3,7,8-tetraphenyl-4,8-dihydro-1H-imidazo[4,5-g][1,2,4]benzotriazin-4-yl.