“…These substances are believed to be formed via a 6π-electrocyclization reaction of the initially formed arylazo nicotinate 7, that generates the tricyclic intermediate product 11, which then aromatizes to produce the cinnoline derivatives, 12 (Scheme 2) [9,11,12]. (%) 3a C6H5 C6H4NO2-p CO2Et 199-201 74 3b Thien-2-yl C6H4NO2-p CO2Et 170-172 67 3c Fur-2-yl C6H4NO2-p CO2Et 242-244 75 7a C6H5 C6H4CH3-p CO2Et 180-182 84 7b C6H5 C6H4CH3-p CONH2 276-277 85 7c C6H4NO2-p C6H5 CN 276-278 85 7d C6H4CH3-p C6H5 CSNH2 166-168 72 7e CH3 C6H5 CONH2 300 74 The formed aminonictinates 9a could be readily converted to ethyl 5-p-tolyldiazenyl)-2-(aminomethyleneamino)-6-phenyl nicotinate 13 via condensation with N,N-dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (DMFDMA) in presence of ammonium acetate.…”