Patent ID: 7129349

Claim:
A method of producing a 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine compound comprising combining a nitrobenzene of the structure wherein X 1 and X 2 are independently the same or different and are a hydrogen; a nitro group; a cyano group; a halogen; a hydroxyl group; —NH 2 ; —NHR′, —NR′R′, —OCOR′, —NH(CO)R′, —O(SO)R′ or —O(POR′)R′, wherein R′ is a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl; or an alkyl group, wherein said alkyl is substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic or acyclic, branched or unbranched, or interrupted by a single ether linkage, with a guanidine salt in the presence of a base at a moderate reaction temperature to produce a 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine.