AbstractSyntheses of 11‐acety1‐2‐phenylpyrimido[5,4‐c][1,5]benzoxazepin‐5(11H)one (16a) and analogs (16b,c, 22) were described. The reaction of 4‐chloro‐2‐phenyl‐5‐pyrimidinecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (7) with 2‐aminophenol afforded 4‐(2‐hydroxyanilino)‐2‐phenyl‐5‐pyrimidine‐carboxylic acid ethyl ester (8a). The latter was also prepared by catalytic reduction of 4‐(2‐nitrophenoxy)‐2‐phenyl‐5‐pyrimidinecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (9), which was obtained from 7 and 2‐nitrophenol. Involvement of 4‐(2‐aminophenoxy)‐2‐phenyl‐5‐pyrimidinecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (12a) in this reduction as an intermediate was demonstrated by an independent synthesis of 12a and its subsequent rearrangement to 8a. Hydrolysis of 8a or 12a gave 4‐(2‐hydroxyanilino)‐2‐phenyl‐5‐pyrimidinecarboxylic acid (15a). Reaction of 15a with acetic anhydride afforded 16a, the first member of a novel ring system, the pyrimido[5,4‐c][1,5]‐benzoxazepin. Additional examples (16b,c) were prepared similarly. The corresponding 11‐ethyl derivative (22) was prepared in similar fashion, starting with 7 and 2‐ethylaminophenol. A possible reaction mechanism for the formation of 16a‐c from 15a‐c and acetic anhydride was discussed.