Aromatic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic carbonyl compounds reacted with 6-nitro[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine in the presence of a base to give stable ?H-adducts at C7. Reduction of the nitro group in the latter is accompanied by tandem autoaromatization of the azine ring and intramolecular cyclocondensation with formation of the corresponding 6H-pyrrolo[2,3-e][1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines.