Tin tetrachloride → Ethyl 2-(p-tolyl)quinazoline-4-carboxylate

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Into a 100-mL 3-necked round-bottom flask purged and maintained with an inert atmosphere of nitrogen, was placed a solution of 4-methyl-N-phenylbenzamide (6 g, 28.40 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in toluene (60 mL) and PCl5 (7.13 g, 34.24 mmol, 1.20 equiv). The mixture was stirred for 2 h at 65° C. The mixture was concentrated under vacuum. The residue was diluted with 30 mL of PhCl. To the mixture was added 2-ethoxy-2-oxoacetonitrile (3.37 g, 34.01 mmol, 1.20 equiv), SnCl4 (12.5 g, 1.70 equiv). The resulting solution was allowed to react, with stirring, overnight while the temperature was maintained at 125° C. in an oil bath. The resulting mixture was concentrated under vacuum. The residue was extracted with 3×100 mL of ethyl acetate and the organic layers combined. The resulting mixture was washed with 4×100 mL of water. The mixture was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was applied onto a silica gel column with ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (1:30). This resulted in 2.64 g (32%) of ethyl 2-(4-methylphenyl)quinazoline-4-carboxylate as a light green solid. MS (ESI) m/z 293 ([M+H]+).

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