The recent research results suggest that a series of octahydro-pyrazino[ 1,2-a ]pyrazines are useful as antiallergic agents.[1] Gubert et al. [2] developed a route from 1,4-dibenzyl-2-ethoxycarbonylpiperazine for the synthesis of this ring system. Under their conditions, this ring system was obtained with a low overall yield in six steps. Optimization of synthetic route to this ring system is still desirable. In this paper, we presented an efficient synthesis of octahydropyrazino[1,2-a]pyrazine by a new and efficient method starting from 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol and N-tosylated diethylenetriamine. The structure of title compound was determined by spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction technique.……
