Preparation and Stereochemistry of Dioxatetraazaperhydroanthracenes and -perylenes from the Reaction of 2-Hydrazinoethanols with Aldehydes and Glutaraldehyde.

Hydrazinoethanols 1 were reacted with aldehydes 2 and 6 and glutaraldehyde (14) in aqueous solution to give dioxatetraazaperhydroanthracenes 3, 7, 12, and 13 and -perylenes 15 in yields of 19-88 and 42-72%, respectively. Compounds 3, 7, 12, and 15 were deduced by (13)C-NMR spectra to have two C(2) symmetry axes, while compound 12 was shown to have a symmetry axis by X-ray crystallography. The most favorable stereoisomers were consistent with predictions obtained by the semiempirical molecular orbital method AM1. The structure of compound 15 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography.