1,2,4-Triazine 유도체들을 acetone 용매하에서 methyl iodide와 반응시켜 다양한 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazinium iodide 염을 합성하였다. 또한 이들 염을 10% NaOH 수용액 내에서 $K_3Fe(CN)_6$로 산화시킨 결과 고리 축소화반응이 일어나 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole 유도체를 주로 얻을 수 있었으나 $C_6$에 치환기가 없을 경우는 미량이긴 하지만 1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-1,2,4-triazine 유도체도 동시에 얻을 수 있었다. 고리 축소화반응은 $OH^-$에 의해 먼저 pseudo base를 형성하고 이 Pseudo base가 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole과 1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-1,2,4-triazine으로 진행됨을 확인할 수 있었고 또한 1,2,4-triazine의 3개의 질소원자 중 $N_1$ 원자에 quaternization됨을 확인할 수 있었다.
Various 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazinium iodides were easily synthesized by the reaction of various 1,2,4-triazines and methyl iodide in acetone. When methyl iodide salts of 1,2,4-triazine derivatives were treated with $K_3Fd(CN)_6$ in 10% NaOH solution, 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole derivatives as the main products were obtained by ring contraction. In addition to 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole derivatives, 1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-1,2,4-triazine derivatives as the minor products were also obtained when there were no substitutents in $C_6$-position of 1,2,4-triazines. The formation of pseudo base by $OH^-$ and then oxidation to either 1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-1,2,4-triazines or 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazoles were suggested as the mechanism of the ring contraction. This mechanism also verified that the position of quaternization was neither $N_2$ nor $N_4$ but 1-nitrogen of 1,2,4-triazine.
