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A general approach to 3-deaza-6-azapurine by a hetero Diels-Alder reac
tion is described. Reaction of sulfonamide protected 5-vinylimidazole
with 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione in methanol gave the Diels-Al
der adduct 8 in 85% yield. Deprotection of the resulting N-phenyltriaz
ole was efficiently accomplished by ring opening with hydrazine follow
ed by heating in DMSO. The completely deprotected and aromatized purin
e analogue 1 was obtained directly from this one-pot reaction in 48% y
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