“…Several derivatives such as 4-hydroxypyrazolopyrimidine (allopurin), which are used in the treatment of hyperuricemia and gout, inhibit de novo purine biosynthesis and xanthine oxidase [8]. Cyclization of 5-aminopyrazoles with ketene-S,S and N,S-acetals is the most widely used route for the synthesis of pyrazolopyrimidines [9][10][11][12]. Accordingly, we report in this paper novel synthesis of functionalized pyrazolo [1, 5-a] pyrimidines 4a-b, 5a-c, 6 by the reactions of 5-aminopyrazole 3 with respective 2-[bis (methylthio)methylene]malononitrile 1, ethyl 2-cyano-3,3-bis[methylthio]acrylate, α, α-dicyanoketene-N, S-acetals 2a-c.…”