| Abstract: | Polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated, green and efficient, tandem syntheses of N-subtituted-2-styrylquinazolinones are being reported. Condensation of anthranilamide (1) with acetic anhydride in PEG-600, at 100°C for 1 hr gave 2-methyl-3H-quinazoline-4-one (2). Treatment of 2 with benzaldehydes in PEG-600, at 100°C for 2–3 hr, gave 2-styrylquinazolinone-4-ones (3) in excellent yields. Treatment of 3 (a–d) either with dimethyl sulfate (DMS), diethyl sulfate (DES), or with Ph-CH2-Cl, individually in PEG-600, at 100°C for 1–2 hr without using any base, followed by simple processing resulted in N-substituted-2-styrylquinazolin-4-ones 5 (a–l). In an alternative approach, reaction of 4 (a–c) with benzaldehydes in PEG-600, at 100°C for 1–2 hr, without using any base, followed by simple processing resulted in 5 (a–l). 4 (a–c) were prepared by treatment of 2 with either DMS, DES, or with Ph-CH2-Cl, individually, in the presence of PEG-600 as reaction medium, at 100°C for 1–2 hr without using any base. Both the sequence of reactions, 1  | |
