A PASE Approach to the Synthesis of Benzimidazopurines as Polycondensed Purine Derivatives

Abstract A highly efficient PASE approach to a new class of polycyclic purine derivatives has been proposed. The strategy includes a consecutive reduction, auto-aromatization, and heterocyclization of the initial nitrobenzimidazopyrimidines obtained by a three-component condensation. It was shown that reduction of nitrobenzimidazopyrimidines by metals in acidic media was more efficient than heterogeneous hydro­genation. Novel derivatives of benz[4,5]imidazo[1,2- a ]purines were obtained­ in good yields and the proposed structure was confirmed by X-ray crystal structure analysis. The obtained convergent benzimidazopurines combine two relevant medicinal chemistry scaffolds – benz­imidazole and purine.