Acetyl chloride → 8-methoxy-2-methyl-3H-quinazolin-4-one

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To a solution of 2-amino-3-methoxybenzoic acid (10.3 g), 4-dimethylaminopyridine (0.65 g) and triethylamine (34.3 ml) in N,N-dimethylformamide (60 ml) was added acetyl chloride (10.5 ml) at 3-15° C. for 20 minutes. Then the reaction mixture was heated at 90° C. After 3 hours, to the reaction mixture was added portionwise ammonium carbonate (17.7 g) for 10 minutes. The mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour. Cooling the mixture, water (300 ml) was added thereto. The precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with water and acetonitrile to give 8-methoxy-2-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinazoline (9.24 g) as colorless crystals.

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