On interacting α-bromoacetophenones with aromatic carboxylic acid hydrazides, the formation of two reaction products was observed in certain cases, the expected 1,2,4-triazine and the phenylglyoxal dihydrazone as an unexpected product. The effect of substituents in the initial substrates and of the conditions of carrying out the synthesis on the direction of the reaction have been studied. Keywords: aromatic acid hydrazides, α-bromoacetophenone, phenylglyoxal dihydrazone, 1,2,4-triazine, condensation.1,2,4-Triazines are of interest as convenient substrates in cycloaddition reactions [1][2][3]. In addition, they are of interest due to their biological activity [4][5][6], their use as selective extractants of metal cations [7][8][9][10] (such as the actinoids), and as ligands for cations of transition metals [11].One of the traditional methods of obtaining 3,6-disubstituted 1,2,4-triazines is the interaction of α-bromoacetophenones with two equivalents of carboxylic acid hydrazides [12]. We discovered that in a series of cases of this reaction, in addition to the expected 1,2,4-triazines one further product, the phenylglyoxal dihydrazone, was formed.In particular, on refluxing α-bromo-3-nitroacetophenone 1a with hydrazides 2a,b in a EtOH-AcOH, 3:1 mixture under an atmosphere of argon in the presence of sodium acetate, the formation of 1,2,4-triazines 3a,b in 41-45% yield and of 3-nitrophenylglyoxal dihydrazones 4a,b in 14-16% yield was established. An effective method of separating compounds 3a,b and 4a,b used by us was based on their different solubilities. After carrying out the synthetic procedure, the formation was observed first of precipitates of the less soluble cyclic 1,2,4-triazines 3a,b, and only after extended delay the formation of precipitates of the more soluble hydrazones 4a,b did occur. On carrying out the reaction in air, the fraction of dihydrazones 4a,b in the reaction products grew significantly (to 40-45%), and the yields of 1,2,4-triazines 3a,b were reduced to 10-15%.