Tetrazine

Structure of 1,2,3,4-tetrazine
Structure of 1,2,4,5-tetrazine

Tetrazine is a compound that consists of a six-membered aromatic ring containing four nitrogen atoms with the molecular formula C2H2N4. The name tetrazine is used in the nomenclature of derivatives of this compound. Three core-ring isomers exist: 1,2,3,4-tetrazines, 1,2,3,5-tetrazines, and 1,2,4,5-tetrazines, also known as v-tetrazines, as-tetrazines and s-tetrazines respectively.[1]

  1. ^ Alvarez-Builla, Julio; Jose Vaquero, Juan; Barluenga, José (2011). Modern Heterocyclic Chemistry. Wiley-VCH. p. 1778. ISBN 978-3527332014.