J. Kokosi et al., NITROGEN BRIDGEHEAD COMPOUNDS PART 90 - AN EFFICIENT VERSATILE SYNTHESIS OF 1-METHYL-2-SUBSTITUTED ETRAHYDRO-6H-PYRAZINO[2,1-B]QUINAZOLINE-3,6-DIONES, Heterocycles, 48(9), 1998, pp. 1851-1866
A versatile synthesis of 2-substituted 1-methyl- and etrahydro-6H-pyra
zino[2,1-b]quinazoline-3,6-diones is presented, starting from 2-(1-bro
moethyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one. The key step of the reaction sequence is
the diastereoselective cyclization of 2-{[1 -(N-2-haloacyl-N-substitu
ted amino]ethyl}quinazolin-4(3H)-ones. Usually 1,4-dimethyl derivative
s are obtained as pure racemic cis-compounds (2-alkyl and 2-benzyl der
ivatives), or a mixture of diastereomers, containing the 4-methyl grou
p in quasiaxial position.