Several 8-arylpurines have been synthesized by cyclization of 4-amino-5- arylamidopyrimidines with phosphorus oxychloride2J or phosphorus oxybromide, 2 by dry heating of the pyrimidines2e4 and by other appro ache^.^,^ However, no single method was found effective and applicable to the synthesis of all% arylpurines.(1)(a) Presented in part before the Organic Chemistry Division, 147th National Meeting of the American Chemical ...