Results in Chemistry (Jan 2022)

Synthesis of N-phenethylquinazolin-4-amines via silylation-amination mediated by hexamethyldisilazane

  • Guilherme Arraché Gonçalves,
  • Flávio Castro do Nascimento,
  • Sidnei Moura e Silva,
  • Cristiano Valim Bizarro,
  • Luiz Augusto Basso,
  • Pablo Machado

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4
p. 100539

Abstract

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N-phenethylquinazolin-4-amines have emerged as potential Mycobacterium tuberculosis cytochrome bd oxidase inhibitors and attractive scaffolds in tuberculosis drug discovery programs. The classical two-step strategy of chlorination-amination to synthesize such structures presents several operational issues accompanied by variable results. This work reports an efficient one-pot protocol to access N-phenethylquinazolin-4-amines via silylation-amination mediated by hexamethyldisilazane. The products were obtained with excellent yields (84–99%) under one-pot solvent-free conditions.

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