The synthesis of 4‐benzylamino‐6‐methyl‐1 H ‐pyrrolo[3, 2‐ c ]pyridine and 4‐benzylamino‐6‐methyl‐1 H ‐pyrrolo[2, 3‐ b ]pyridine

4‐Benzylamino‐6‐methyl‐1 H ‐pyrrolo[3,2‐ c ]pyridine ( 2 ) and 4‐benzylamino‐6‐methyl‐1 H ‐pyrrolo[2,3‐ b ]pyridine ( 3 ) were synthesized as deaza analogues of the anxiolytic agent 4‐benzylamino‐2‐methyl‐7 H ‐pyrrolo[2,3‐ d ]pyrimidine ( 1 ). The 1‐deaza analogue (2) was prepared via a multi‐step procedure from a pyrrole precursor, 1‐benzyl‐2‐formylpyrrole ( 4 ) while the 3‐deaza analogue 3 was synthesized from a pyridine precursor, 2‐amino‐3,6‐dimethylpyridine ( 12 ).