Abstract
Amidrazones reacted with benzo[b]thiophene-2,3-dione at refluxing ethanol and catalyzed with trimethylamine to give 4-aryl-3-phenyl-1,2,4-triazine-5,6-dione derivatives. The structure of the obtained products was proved by IR, mass, NMR spectra and elemental analyses. The reaction mechanism is also discussed.