One-pot synthesis of 3-(2-cyanophenyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one

Anthranilonitrile reacting with formic acid at room temperature for three days gave 64% of 3-(2-cyanophenyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one. Under similar conditions anthranilic acid. 4-nitroaniline, and 2,5-dichloroaniline were N-formylated in good yields.Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Silesian Technical University, Krzywoustego, 4, 44–100 Gliwice, Poland; e-mail: wojtex@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 922–924, July, 2000.