Selenium Dioxide → Quinazoline-6-carbaldehyde

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The mixture of 6-methyl-quinazoline (5.0 g, 34.7 mmol) and selenium dioxide (7.7 g, 69.4 mmol) was heated at 160° C. for 12 hours. After cooling to room temperature, methanol was added with stirring. After removal of solid by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated. Flash chromatography (Merck Silica gel 60, 230-400 mesh, 0%-30% ethyl acetate in hexane in 30 min) afforded 6-quinazolinecarboxaldehyde (2.4 g, 43.7%) as a white solid: LC-MS m/e 159 (MH+).

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