The synthesis of chiral 3-substituted quinazoline-2,4-diones was perfo
rmed starting from N-urethane anthranilamides. This synthetic pathway
was applied in solid phase, from commercially available anthranilic ac
id that was bound to hydroxymethyl polystyrene resin via a carbamate l
inker. In both cases, cyclisation occurred under basic conditions to a
fford non-racemized quinazolinediones in high purity. Copyright (C) 19
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