A novel, high-yielding, one-step synthesis of 2-chloroquinazolin-4-ols and analogous bicycles from 2-aminoamides using thiophosgene is described. The scope of the reaction includes aminothioamides, amino acids, and fused heterocycle derivatives, furnishing quinazolines, oxazinones, and substituted fused pyrimidine bicycles, respectively. On the basis of observed results with substituted analogues, a mechanism for this transformation is thought to occur via an isothiocyanate intermediate followed by an unexpected chemoselective reaction of thiophosgene on the thiol intermediate.
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