1,2,3,4-Tetrahydropyrrolo-[1,2-a]-pyrazine

摘要

1,2,3,4-Tetrahydropyrrolo-[1,2-a]-pyrazine of the formula: <IMAGE> is disclosed together with a method for preparing the same which comprises reducing 3,4-dihydropyrrolo-[1,2-a]-pyrazine, in a medium of an organic solvent, by way of hydrogenation with hydrogen or complex hydrides of metals. When using hydrogen said hydrogenation is effected in the presence of a catalyst of the group of platinum. The desired product is then isolated from the reaction mixture. The resulting 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrrolo-[1,2-a]-pyrazine may be used as the starting product for the synthesis of physiologically active compounds such as octahydropyrrolo-[1,2-a]-pyrazine which serves as the basis for the preparation of coronary-dilating and neuroleptic compounds. The method for preparing 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrrolo-[1,2-a]-pyrazine is technologically simple and may be readily implemented on a commercial scale.