“…The starting 2-methyl-7-phenylpyrimido [1,2-b] [1,2,4]triazepine -4,9(3H,5H)-dione (3) was prepared by condensation of ethyl acetoacetate (1) with 2,3-diamino-6-phenylpyrimidin-4(3H)one (2). 9 Although the reaction of 1 with 2 can lead theoretically to 3 and/or its isomer the 4-methyl-7-phenylpyrimido [1,2b]triazepine-2,9(1H,3H)-dione 5, the latter structure was ruled out on the basis of the fact that condensation reactions of ethyl acetoacetate with C,N-1,2-diaminoheterocycles thus far studied have been reported to be regioselective, leading to products that result from nucleophilic attack of the N-NH 2 and the C-NH 2 groups at the keto and ester carbonyl groups, respectively, of the β-keto ester to give the corresponding fused 4-oxo-1,2,4-triazepine derivatives. [10][11][12][13] This regioselectivity was substantiated by X-ray crystallographic analysis in some cases 13 and by spectral data.…”