Condensation of methyl phenyl(alkyl)halopyrotartrates with N,N´ diphenylselenourea leads to the formation of methyl 4 hydroxy 3 phenyl 5 phenyl(alkyl) 2 phenyliminoselenazolidine 4 carboxylates, which undergo reaction with 1,2 phenylenediamines to give selenazolo [3,4 a]quinoxalin 4(5H) ones.Key words: N,N´ diphenylselenourea, phenyl and alkylhalopyruvates, methyl 4 hydroxy 3 phenyl 5 phenyl(alkyl) 2 phenyliminoselenazolidine 4 carboxylates, selenazolo[3,4 a]qui noxalin 4(5H) ones, IR spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, X ray diffraction.During the last thirty years, organoselenium com pounds are under intensive study in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and pharmacology, which is due to their high reactivity 2-8 and wide range of biological and pharmacological activity, 2,8-11 including antiviral, 2,9,10 antibacterial, 2,9,10 antifungus, 2,9 antioxidant, 9,10 anti prolifiration, 12,13 and antitumor. 9,14-16 Derivatives of 1,3 selenazolidine 1 are of special interest among sele nium containing organic compounds, 16-19 the study of pharmaceutical potential of which showed a possibility to use these compounds as inhibitors of NO synthase, 20,21 antimutagenes, 22 and cancer preventing agents. 23-26From the point of view of developing methods for the synthesis and study of pharmacological activity, the most prospective are selenazolidines corresponding to the struc ture 1. For the most of them, a common feature is the presence of exocyclic double bond C=O, C=N, or C=C at the second position. The presence of other substituents in 1,3 selenazolidines 1 makes their synthesis and the search for new pharmacologically useful compounds more difficult.Earlier, we have suggested (Scheme 1) a method for the synthesis of various thiazolo[3,4 a]quinoxalines 4 from 1,2 phenylenediamines 3 and structurally related to selenazolidines 1 methyl 4 hydroxy 3,5 diphenyl * For Part 22, see Ref. 1 ** Dedicated to Academician O. N. Chupakhin on the occasion of his 75th birthday. X = C(CN)CO 2 Et, O, NH; R = H, Alk, Ar; R´ = H, Alk, CO 2 H; R″ = H, Alk 2 phenyliminothiazolidine 4 carboxylate (2), 27-30 as well as its aryl and hetaryl analogs. 29,31 However, synthetic possibilities of this reaction remain still little studied. 29-31 Scheme 1 R = R´ = H (a); R = H, R´ = Me (b); R = H, R´ = NO 2 (c)