Traceless Solid-Phase Synthesis of Trisubstituted Quinazolines

A traceless polymer-supported synthesis of 4-benzoylquinazolines was developed using the following commercially available building blocks: Fmoc-α-amino acids, 2-nitrobenzensulfonyl chlorides and α-bromoacetophenones. The acyclic intermediates underwent base-catalyzed rearrangement involving C–C and N–N bond formation followed by ring expansion and yielded resin-bound dihydroquinazoline-2-carboxylic acids. After they were released from the resin by treatment with trifluoroacetic acid, base-mediated decarboxylation produced the target quinazolines in moderate-to-high yields and purities.