Abstract
Agroclavine, imipramine hydrochloride, and phenazone reacted with triethyl orthoformate under acid catalysis in an electrophilic, tandem substitution reaction to furnish C3‐symmetrical tris(heteroaryl)methanes while indoramine, phenothiazine, and iminodibenzyl were formylated, ethylated, or ethoxymethylated. The ambident electrophilic reactivity of triethyl orthoformate as an a1‐synthon was clearly apparent.