The cyclocondensation reactions of 4-aminopyridothienopyrimidine with malonates and their acetylation were studied. All structures were determined by 1 H NMR and mass spectra techniques.We have previously reported the synthesis of new tetracyclic compounds containing the pyridothienopyrimidine moiety in order to search for new pharmacological or biologically active compounds [1]. The pyridothienopyrimidine ring system represents an important class of heterocyclic compounds owing to their medicinal interest [2,3]. In addition, certain pyrimidines and annelated pyrimidine derivatives are known to display anticancer, antimalarial, and antifilarial activitives [4,5]. These features prompted us to design a specific program aimed at constructing novel tetracyclic ring systems containing a pyrimidine moiety, which condensed with pyridothienopyrimidine derivatives. The cyclocondensation reaction of diethyl malonates with sufficiently reactive 1,3-dinucleophiles such as amidines and amides is a known reaction [6]. In continuation of our ongoing search for new heterocycles by the cyclocondensation reaction of enamines or amidines with malonate derivatives [7-11], we here wish to report a simple and efficient method, utilizing 4-aminopyridothienopyrimidine 4, which is a typical heterocyclic amidine, for the synthesis of a new tetracyclic system, namely pyrido[3',2':4,5]thieno[2,3-e]pyrimido[3,2-c]pyrimidines. The newly synthesized tetracyclic compounds, pyridothienopyrimidopyrimidines, seem promising for biological activity evaluation studies, but to the best of our knowledge, this ring system has remained totally unexplored.As depicted in Scheme 1, the required key intermediate 4 was obtained in three steps. Thus, the chloro compound 1 [12] reacted with sodium azide in DMF to give the corresponding azido derivative 2. The structure of compound 2 was supported by its IR spectrum, which showed the presence of azide absorption at 2144 cm -1 .