TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, cilt.45, sa.49, ss.8973-8975, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
2-Aminobenzylamine was reacted with corresponding aromatic or heteroaromatic aldehydes to give 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinazolines 1 the oxidation of which with H2O2-tungstate in methanol led to the formation of the corresponding 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinazolin-1-ols 2. A one-pot procedure involving the treatment of the in situ formed quinazoline 1 with H2O-tungstate again led to the formation of 2. Compounds 2 react with 2equiv of aryl isocyanate in toluene at room temperature to produce compounds 3. The probable mechanism of the ring-expanding carbamoylation of quinazolin-1-ols 2 to 6-oxa-5,8-diaza-benzocycloheptenes 3 is discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.