Tetrahydrofuran → Nitraquazone

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 2.8 g of 1-(m-nitrophenyl)quinazoline-2,4(1H, 3H)-dione, 40 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran and 4.4 g of N,N-dimethylformamide diethyl acetal was refluxed for 6 hours. After the reaction was complete, the solvent was distilled off from the reaction mixture under reduced pressure. To the residue obtained was added water to precipitate a crude product, which was then recrystallized from methanol to produce 2.8 g of 1-(m-nitrophenyl)- 3-ethylquinazoline-2,4(1H, 3H)-dione as colorless prisms, melting at 193°-194° C.

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