Synthesis of Fused Tetrazolo[1,5‐c] pyrrolo[3,2‐e]pyrimidines and Their Reductive Conversion to New 4‐Aminopyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidines

Some new 7,9‐substituted 7H‐1,2,3,4‐tetrazolo[1,5‐c]pyrrolo[3,2‐e]pyrimidines 5 have been synthesized either by diazotization of 4‐hydrazino‐5,7‐disubstituted‐7H‐pyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidines 4 obtained by hydrazinolysis of 4‐chloro‐5,7‐disubstituted 7H‐pyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidines 3 or via a substitution reaction between 3 and sodium azide. 5,7‐Disubstituted‐7H‐pyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidin‐4(3H)‐ones 2 were obtained by cyclocondensation of 1,4‐disubstituted 2‐amino‐3‐cyanopyrroles 1 with formic acid, which, on chlorination using phosphorus oxychloride, afforded 3. 2‐Amino‐3‐cyanopyrroles 1 were synthesized from the reaction between (2-bromo-1-(4-fluorophenyl) ethylidene) propanedinitrile and substituted aromatic amines under Gewald reaction conditions. A novel route for the synthesis of 4‐amino‐5,7‐disubstituted‐7H‐pyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidines 6 by the reductive ring cleavage of 5 has been reported.