Reaction of 2-aminopyrazine 1 with isothiocyanate, isocyanate or dithioketal reagent furnished pteridines 3,4 in good yield. Thioxo compound 3a was chlorinated, methylated and subsequently displaced by amines. A simple one-step synthesis of heterocondensed pteridines 8-13 by reaction of 2-aminopyrazine with various imino thioacetals was described 8-13. J. Heterocyclic Chem., 38, 1173(2001.Tetrahydrobiopterin derivatives and dihydropteridine derivatives are of great interest for their dihydrofolate reductase inhibiting, mental retardation, neurotransmitter and use in treating other neurological problems [1-3]. Recently, 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase was found to be deficient in some Japanese patients [4].In 1992 W. Pfleiderer described in his review paper [5] the synthesis, properties, stereochemistry, reactivities and biological significance of pteridines and their derivatives. The aromatic and heteroaromatic 2-aminoester or 2-aminonitrile compounds undergo readily cyclization which allow convenient preparation of variety of condensed pyrimidines [6]. We have recently reported the synthesis of novel heterocyclic fused pyrimidine systems [7-10] in one-pot annelation by the reaction of 2-aminoester or 2-aminonitrile compounds with the N-[bis-(methylthio)methylene]amino (BMMA) or analogs of BMMA reagents.Although several methods are available for the syntheses of pteridines [11][12][13][14][15], the methodology whereby the pyrazine intermediate requiring the addition of N-3 to complete the pteridine ring has not been widely used [12].Previously we have been interested in the synthesis of substituted heterocycles containing a thienopyrimidine system [7][8][9][10]16,17]. The present paper follows that line of research by reporting on a new series of linear fusion of 2-aminopyrazine 1, in which imidazole, pyrimidine, thiazole, thiazine and pyrazine moieties were annelated, yielding novel tricyclic ring systems. In this paper, we report a simple, one-pot reaction for the synthesis of pteridinone, imidazo[2,1-b]pteridine, pyrimido[2,1-b]pteridine, thiazolo[2,3-b]pteridine, thiazino[2,3-b]pteridine and pyrazino[2,1-b]pteridine.The two key intermediates in these syntheses viz 3-(2ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-2-methylthio-4(3H)-pteridinone (4) and 3-(2-ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-2-chloro-4(3H)pteridinone (5) were synthesized by cyclizing the methyl 2-aminopyrazine-3-carboxylate (1). As depicted in Scheme 1, the intermediate, 4 can be obtained by one of the following two sequences: 1) preparation of the thioureidopyrazine 2a by reaction of 1 with ethyl isothio-1174Vol. 38Scheme 1 Scheme 2 1 13 12