Potassium Cyanide → 2-Ethyl-3-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-6-quinazolinecarbonitrile

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The substrate of 6-bromo-2-ethyl-3-methyl-3H-quinazolin-4-one (50.0 mg, 0.189 mmol), KCN (23.1 mg, 0.37 mmol), Pd (PPh3)4 (10.0 mg, 0.0094 mmol), and CuI (3.6 mg, 0.019 mmol) was added to a flask, which was flushed with N2. The solvent acetonitrile (2 ml) was added via syringe. The resulting mixture was irradiated at 170° C. for 2 hours in the SmithSynthesizer Microwave Reactor (Personal Chemistry) with vigorous agitation by a magnetic stirrer. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with ethyl acetate (5 ml), and then filtered through Celite. The filtrate was washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO4, and concentrated by rotary evaporation. Purification was accomplished by HPLC (Gilson-215, 0.035% TFA in acetonitrile and 0.05% water as mobile phase). The product was collected and dried under reduced pressure to give 2-Ethyl-3-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-quinazoline-6-carbonitrile (Yield 16.8 mg, 46.2%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 1.35 (t, 3H, J=7.30 Hz), 2.85 (q, 2H, J=14.62, 7.30 Hz), 3.54 (s, 3H), 7.68 (d, 1H, J=8.58 Hz), 7.83 (dd, 1H, J=8.58, 2.02 Hz), 8.51 (d, 1H, J=2.02 Hz). MS/M/Z calc. 213.2, Found (ESI); 214.0 (M+1)+. Retention time 2.13 minutes.

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