Transition-Metal Complex-Catalyzed Reductive N-Heterocyclization: Synthesis of 4(3H)-Quinazolinone Derivatives from N-(2-Nitrobenzoyl)amides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00054a008

Several ruthenium and platinum complexes smoothly catalyze the reductive N-heterocyclization of N-(2-nitrobenzoyl)amides under carbon monoxide pressure to afford the corresponding 4(3H)-quinazolinone derivatives, including some quinazolinone alkaloids, in