Dimethylformamide → 1-(m-nitrophenyl)-3-cyclopropylmethyl-quinazoline-2,4(1H, 3H)-dione

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To a solution of 2.8 g of 1-(m-nitrophenyl)quinazoline-2,4(1H, 3H)-dione and 30 ml of dimethylformamide was added 1.4 g of sodium ethoxide, and the whole was stirred for 30 minutes at room temperature. To this was further added 4.1 g of cyclopropylmethyl bromide, and the mixture was reacted for 2 hours at room temperature. Then, the solvent was distilled off from the resulting mixture under reduced pressure to leave a residue, to which was added water to precipitate a crude product. Recrystallization of this product from methanol gave 3.1 g of 1-(m-nitrophenyl)-3-cyclopropylmethyl-quinazoline- 2,4(1H, 3H)-dione as colorless needles, melting, at 163°-164° C.

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