The most important syntheses of as-triazines have received some amount of systematic study; these include semicarbazide, thiosemicarbazide or aminoguanidine reactions with 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds or their monoximes, with a-keto acids or their esters or amides, or with a-hydroxy ketones (1). The parent compound, 1,2,4-triazine, has only recently been prepared for the first time (2).Recent publications by Case (3,4) report amidrazones (hydrazidines) of the formula RC-(=NH) NHNH2 undergo cyclocondensation readily with diketones such as benzil and pyridil to form 3,5,6-trisubstituted 1,2,4-triazines (astriazines) of formula I.We have recently been concerned with t h e study of various heteroaromatic systems, and now wish to report that amidrazones of the aforesaid formula and bis-amidrazonesof the formula R'[C-(=NH)NHNH2 l2 will also undergo cyclocondensation readily with glyoxal (Ar-COCHO) and bis-glyoxalyl [Ar'(COCH0)2 J compounds t o form I II 111 I V COCHO 8 -2H20 COCHO Vlll V, X -H VI. X . NOp VI1.X O H I X . X = H X . X -NO2