Synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetrazines, symmetrically and unsymmetrically 3,6-disubstituted by N-nucleophiles

6-R-3-(3,5-Dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazines with aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and aromatic amines, and also with NH-heterocycles undergo a nucleophilic substitution of the dimethylpyrazole moiety yielding symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted 1,2,4,5-tetrazines. In the 3,6-diimidazolyl-and 3,6-dibenzotriazolyl derivatives reactions of nucleophilic substitution of the heterocyclic moiety also occur. In some cases an ipsosubstitution of amino, hydrazino, and azido groups is observed.