“…addition of activated methylene in the cyanoacetamides 3aw-fv to several arylidenmalononitrile 175 in ethanol42 or pyridine4 containing piperidine at reflux yielded pyrido[1,2-a]thieno[3,2-e]pyrimidine derivatives 358a-v via the intermediacy of 354-357 (Scheme 165, Table58). compound 3s in 1,4-dioxane containing triethylamine affected cyclization into the tetrahydrobenzo[4,5]thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivative 361 (Scheme 167) 25. reaction of methyl o-(azidomethyl)benzoates 367a-c with 2-cyanoacetamides to produce triazolo[1,5b][2,4]benzodiazepines 368a-j was achieved by the action of either MeONa, t-BuOK, EtONa, or KOH (Scheme 170, Table61) 153.…”