Scheme 15.
Synthetic pathways to prepare methyl-2-[3-(3-phenylquinoxalin-2-ylsulfanyl)propanamidoalkanoates (50) and N-alkyl-3-((phenylquinoxalin-2-yl sulfanyl)propanamides (51) with reagents and conditions: (a) NH2NH2/C2H5OH/78 °C/reflux/4 h, (b) NaNO2/HCl/H2O/reflux/15 min, (c) NH2(CH2)nCHRCOOCH3.HCl/triethylamine/ethyl acetate/25 °C/24 h, (d)NHR1R2/ethyl acetate/25 °C/24 h.