Acetamide → 2-Methyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone

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A mixture of 2-amino benzamide (20 g, 0.147 mol) and acetamide (43 g, 0.735 mol) was heated to 180° C. for 20 h. The dark brown reaction mixture was cooled and suspended in ethanol (200 ml). After stirring for 2 h, it was filtered and dried under suction to afford 11 g (47%) of the titled compound as a brown solid.

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