A new
and practical protocol for the synthesis of medicinally privileged
azolo[1,3,5]triazines by simply heating under air has been presented.
The in situ generated N-azolo amidines from commercially
available aromatic aldehydes and 3-aminoazoles with ammonium iodide
undergo the second diamination to accomplish the [3 + 1 + 1 + 1] heteroannulation
reaction. This convenient process is appreciated by high efficiency,
broad substrate scope, gram-scale synthesis, and operational simplicity
under reagent-free conditions.