Hexamethyldisilazane-iodine induced intramolecular dehydrative cyclization of diamides: a general access to natural and unnatural quinazolinones

Umesh A. Kshirsagar, Santosh B. Mhaske, Narshinha P. Argade

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Abstract

A simple and efficient general approach to various quinazolinone scaffolds, including peptidomimetic examples, has been demonstrated by employing HMDS/I2 for the intramolecular dehydrative cyclization of diamides. The protecting groups -Boc, -Fmoc and -Cbz tolerated the present reaction conditions and we did not observe any racemization. The present protocol has also been used as a key step for the efficient four-step syntheses of the naturally occurring quinazolinones, sclerotigenin, (-)-circumdatin-F and (-)-fumiquinazoline-F.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3243-3246
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume48
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Apr 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Diamides
  • HMDS/I
  • Intramolecular dehydrative cyclizations
  • Natural and unnatural quinazolinones
  • Synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

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