The reactivity of 4-(p-tolyl)-5,6,7,8- tetrabromo 1(2H) phthalazinone (I) which contains two reaction sites (C = a and C = N) was investigated for reac­tion with alkyl or aralkyl magnesium halide under Grignard reaction conditions. This work also deals with the synthesis of the chlorophthalazine (III) via the inter­action of the titled phthalazinone with POC13/PCIs mixture, the chloro derivative having chlorine atom activated by heteryl moiety. Therefore nucleophilic substitu­tion reaction took place readily with the chloro substrate. The structures assigned to the products are supported by IR and NMR spectra.


S A ESSAWY ,A M M F EISSA ,A A ELSAWY ,S G DONIA ,