Abstract: | Triethylamine catalyzes the reaction of 2-hydroxybenzonitrile ( 1 ) with aryl isocyanates to form the corresponding carbamates 2a-c , as well as the cyclization of the latter compounds to either 4[N-(N-arylcarbamoyl)-imino]-3-aryl-2H-1,3-benzoxazin-2-ones 4a-c , or 4-arylamino-2H-1,3-benzoxazin-2-ones 7a-c , depending on the reaction temperature. Under analogous conditions, the carbamates obtained from 1 and 2-chloroethyl isocyanate, 3-chloropropyl isocyanate and ethyl isocyanatoacetate undergo a double cyclization yielding imidazo- and pyrimido[1,2-c|1,3]benzoxazinones 13a,b,17 . Upon heating in phenyl ether, compounds 7a-c , rearrange to 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-4(3H)-quinazolinones 10a-c . |