“…Mass spectra were carried out at the EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre, Chemistry Department, University of Wales, Swansea, UK or The Microanalytical Centre, Cairo University, Egypt. Preparation of 2-bromobenzoic acid tert -butyl ester ( I ), 4‘-methylbiphenyl-2-carboxylic acid tert -butyl ester ( II ), ,− 4‘-bromomethyl-biphenyl-2-carboxylic acid tert -butyl ester ( VI ), ,− 4‘-bromomethyl-biphenyl-2-carbonitrile ( VII ), , 5-(4‘-methylbiphenyl-2-yl)-2-trityl-2 H -tetrazole ( VIII ), ,− 5-(4‘-bromomethyl-biphenyl-2-yl)-2-trityl-2 H -tetrazole ( IX ), , 1 H -quinazoline-2,4-dione ( X ), − and 2-methylsulfanyl-3 H -quinazolin-4-one ( XVI ) 35 were performed according to reported procedures. Compound XV was purchased from Aldrich.…”