Sodium → 7-(Benzyloxy)-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-4-one

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Sodium metal (4.4 g, 191 mmol) was added to benzyl alcohol (100 ml) at ambient temperature and the mixture stirred for 30 minutes then heated at 80° C. for 1 hour. The mixture was then cooled to 40° C. and 7-fluoro-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-4-one (7.8 g, 47 mmol), was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at 130° C. for 4 hours and allowed to cool to ambient temperature and stirred for 18 hours. The solution was quenched with water (800 ml) and acidified to pH3 with concentrated hydrochloric acid. The resulting precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with water and ether and dried for 4 hours at 60° C. under high vacuum to give 7-benzyloxy-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-4-one (7.02 g, 63%).

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