“…In a previously developed method [1] we obtained 1-(2-benzimidazolyl)indolizines 3a,b from the salts 1a,b and 2-benzimidazolylacetonitrile (2). On boiling the imidazolines 3a,b in acetic anhydride or formic acid, with the addition acetic anhydride as water removing medium [2,3] we obtained the new heterocyclic systems indolizino[2′,1′:4,5]pyrimido-[1,6-a]benzimidazoles 4a-c [4].…”