Synlett 2012; 23(7): 1057-1063
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1290492
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Photoinduced Elimination in 2,3-Dihydro-2-tert-butyl-3-benzyl-4(1H)-­quinazolinone: Theoretical Calculations and Radical Trapping Using TEMPO Derivatives

Authors

  • Fanny Araceli Cabrera-Rivera

    a   Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, C. P. 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, Fax: +52(777)3297000   eMail: jaime@ciq.uaem.mx
  • Claudia Ortíz-Nava

    a   Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, C. P. 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, Fax: +52(777)3297000   eMail: jaime@ciq.uaem.mx
  • Jaime Escalante*

    a   Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, C. P. 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, Fax: +52(777)3297000   eMail: jaime@ciq.uaem.mx
  • Julio M. Hernández-Pérez

    b   Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 14 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, 72530 Puebla, México
  • Minhhuy Hô

    a   Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, C. P. 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, Fax: +52(777)3297000   eMail: jaime@ciq.uaem.mx
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 30. Dezember 2011

Accepted after revision: 10. Februar 2012

Publikationsdatum:
29. März 2012 (online)


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Abstract

Photochemical irradiation of 2,3-dihydro-2-tert-butyl-3-benzyl-4(1H)-quinazolinone produced 3-benzyl-4(3H)-quinazo­linone through photoinduced elimination via a radical mechanism. The use of photochemical conditions such as chloroform and UV irradiation (λ = 254 nm) got the 3-benzyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone in a high yield. Some theoretical calculations were achieved to explain the mechanism and the presence of radical intermediates was confirmed by trapping with different 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) derivatives.

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