1968 年 88 巻 10 号 p. 1333-1337
N-oxidation of 1-methyl-(I) and 1-benzyl-phthalazine (II) was attempted at lower than 10° in the mixed solvents of chloroform and ether using monoperphthalic acid. 2-Oxide (I2) and 3-oxide (I3) were produced from I in a 1 : 2 ratio and from II 2-oxide (II2) and 3-Oxide (II3) in almost a 3 : 1 ratio. The position of N-oxide groups were determined by the following procedures. To I2 and I3, phenylmagnesium bromide was reacted respectively and the reaction solution was treated with p-benzoquinone to 2-oxide (III2) and 3-oxide (III3) of 1-methyl-4-phenylphthalazine (III). III2 was confirmed by the synthesis separately carried out in reacting 1-phenylphthalazine 3-oxide (IV3) with methylmagnesium iodide. Therefore, the structure of I2 was decided and that of I3 might be suggested. Similar procedures were made in the determination of the structures of II2 and II3. It was reported that only 2-oxide (III2) was produced from 1-methyl-4-phenylphthalazine (III) and that from 1-isopropyl-4-phenylphthalazine (VII), only 3-oxide (VII3) was produced (Chart 3). N-oxidation of 1-ethyl-4-phenylphthalazine (IX) was attempted and only 2-oxide (IX2) was obtained (Chart 4).