A series of acetoxylated 2-arylquinazolines have been successfully synthesized via the Pd-catalyzed and quinazoline-directed C–H activation/acetoxylation of the corresponding 2-arylquinazolines with iodobenzene diacetate in AcOH/Ac2O.
Keywords
2-arylquinazoline - acetoxylation - transition-metal catalysis - C–H activation - iodobenzene diacetate