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undergoing a 1,5-(4 → 5) hydrideshift prior to cyclization to yield a 6-membered ring product 6 (Scheme 2). This is in contrast to an earlier report by Sandhu et al to obtain pyrrolo [2,3-d]pyrimidines from 6-tert-amino-substituted uracils and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate.[32] However, further work is in