It is known that N,N-dimethyl-3-oxobutanamide reacts with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of piperidine to give N,N,N′,N′,6-pentamethyl-2-aryl-6hydroxy-4-oxocyclohexane-1,3-dicarboxamides [1]. Zhidovinova et al. [2] described three-component condensation of ethyl 3-oxobutanoate with aromatic aldehydes and 5-aminotetrazole, which led to the formation of dihydrotetrazolopyrimidines [2]. While continuing studies in this line, we examined for the first time three-component condensation of aromatic aldehydes with 5-aminotetrazole and such substrates as N,N-dimethyland N,N-diethyl-3-oxobutanamides with a view to obtain new fused heterocyclic systems. The reactions occurred at 120–150°C in 20– 60 min, and the products were the corresponding N,N-dimethyland N,N-diethyl-7-aryl-5-methyl-4,7dihydrotetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxamides Ia, Ib, and IIa–IId. These compounds were isolated as colorless crystalline substances which are soluble in chloroform, DMF, and DMSO and insoluble in water. The IR spectra of Ia, Ib, and IIa–IId contained absorption bands due to stretching vibrations of the amide carbonyl group (1660–1680 cm), NH group (3150–3200 cm), and C=C bonds (1600–1620 cm). In the H NMR spectra of Ia, Ib, and IIa–IId, protons in the 5-methyl group resonated as a singlet at δ 1.80– 1.90 ppm, the 7-H proton gave a singlet at δ 6.30– 6.65 ppm, and signal from the NH proton appeared as δ 10.30–10.50 ppm; also signals from aromatic protons were present. Signals from protons in the N-alkyl group were located at δ 2.70 ppm (s, CH3; Ia, Ib) or at δ 0.75-0.90 (m, CH3) and 3.05–3.10 ppm (m, CH2; IIa–IId). Compound Ib displayed in the mass spectrum [M – CO] ion peak with m/z 301 and peaks from fragment ions [M – CONMe2] (m/z 260), [M – NMe2] (m/z 285), and [Ph] (m/z 77) in support of the assumed structure.
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