Synthesis, Table of Contents Synthesis 2019; 51(18): 3491-3498DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1689916 paper © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkA Facile Access to Novel (5+5) Annellated Heterocycles: Synthesis of a Furopyrrole, an Imidazoimidazole and a Pyrroloimidazole Authors Author Affiliations Pavol Zlatoidský∗ a Medicinal Chemistry, Respiratory, Inflammation And Autoimmunity, iMED Biotech. Unit, AstraZeneca, 43183 Gothenburg, Sweden Elisa Martinelli a Medicinal Chemistry, Respiratory, Inflammation And Autoimmunity, iMED Biotech. Unit, AstraZeneca, 43183 Gothenburg, Sweden Emil Svensson b Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden Alexis Pruvost c Faculte dé Pharmacie, Université de Lille, 59800 Lille, France Email: Pavol.Zlatoidsky@astrazeneca.com Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article(opens in new window) All articles of this category(opens in new window) Abstract We describe the synthesis of an ethyl 3-aryl-6H-furo[2,3-b]pyrrole-5-carboxylate 2, a 5-aryl-1H-imidazo[1,2-a]imidazole 3, and an ethyl-1-aryl-1,4-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]imidazole-5-carboxylate 4 as new hinge-binding motifs for PI3K kinase inhibitors. A key reaction for the formation of 2 and 4 is the Hemmetsberger–Knittel cyclization of acryloazides. The core of 3 is accessible through reaction of an α-haloketone with 2-aminoimidazole. 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