Synthesis and Reactions of Polynuclear Heterocycles: Azolothienopyrimidines and Thienothiazolopyrimidines

We prepared a thieno2,3-d]pyrimidine compound fused with a thiazolo ring to produce biologicaly active compounds. In a one-step reaction, 2-arylmethylene derivative (3) was prepared via the reaction of a ternary mixture of 2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclohepteno4,5]thieno2,3-d]pyrimi-dine-4-one (2), cloroacetic acid, and a proper aldehyde. The reaction of 2 with 3-chloropent-2,4-dione in ethanolic potassium hydroxide yielded the S-acetylacetone derivative 4e. The latter compound reacted with hydrazine hydrate and phenyl hydrazine to give 2-pyrazolthio derivatives 8a,b, respectively. Compound 4e also underwent cyclization on boiling with acetic anhydride/pyridine solution to form 2-acetyl-3-methyl thiazolo3,2-a]cyclohepteno4,5]thieno2,3-d] pyrimidine-5-one (9). To support the structure 9, it gave a characteristic reaction for the 2-acetyl group. The 2-methylthio derivatives 4a underwent further alkylation at N₃ to give 6a,b. The purpose of the synthesis of thienopyrimidine derivatives is due to high biological activities. The 4-oxo-thienopyrimidine derivatives acted as inhibitors of adenosine kinase, platelet aggregation, antilukemia, and anticancer activities.