“…DMAP is widely used as a superb nucleophilic catalyst for many organic reactions such as Baylis-Hillman reaction, 29,30 regioselective acylation of 6-O-protected octyl β-D-glucopyranosides, 31 synthesis of electrophilic alkenes, 32 heroin synthesis, 33 and synthesis of N-sulfonyl monocyclic β-lactams. 34 In continuation of our previous works in the synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds with potential biological activities, [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] recently, we prepared some new 2-aryl-7-benzyl-5,6-diphenyl-7H-pyrrolo [2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-amines (derivatives of 7-deazaadenine) by reaction of 2-amino-1-benzyl-4,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitriles with aryl nitriles. 46 In this paper, we report the synthesis of new N-(2-aryl-7-benzyl-5,6-diphenyl-7H-pyrrolo [2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)benzenesulfonamides 3a-3i in synthetically useful yields by sulfonylation reaction of amino moiety in 2-aryl-7-benzyl-5,6-diphenyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-amines 1a-1c with benzenesulfonyl chlorides 2a-2c in the presence of DMAP with a dual role as a base and also a nucleophilic catalyst under solvent-free conditions (Scheme 1).…”