“…As we previously reported, 7-aryloxazolo[5,4- b ]pyridines or 4-phenylbenzo[ d ]oxazoles are capable of rearrangement into benzo[ c ][1,7]naphthyridin-4(3 H )-ones or phenanthridin-4-ols when reacted with aluminum chloride. 3a 12 Oxazolo[5,4- b ]pyridine derivatives annulated at C(5)-C(6) position were not introduced into this reaction. We have found that heating oxazolo[5,4- b ]pyrazolo[4,3- e ]pyridines 5a – c , f – i in chlorobenzene to 130 °C with a two-fold excess of anhydrous AlCl 3 leads to the formation of previously unknown benzo[ c ]pyrazolo[4,3- f ][1,7]naphthyridin-5-ones 7a – c , f , g , pyrazolo[4,3- f ]thieno[3,2- c ][1,7]naphthyridin-6-one 7h or furo[3,2- c ]pyrazolo[4,3- f ][1,7]naphthyridin-6-one 7i in yields of 42–82% (Scheme 3 ).…”