We have previously reported the reactions of o-aminophenyldiphenylcarbinol with different nitriles and perchloric acid [1,2]. Under the given reaction conditions ethyl cyanoacetate gives ethyl 2-(4,4-diphenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-quinazolinylidene)acetate (1b) which exists as a mixture of Z-and E-isomers [2]. It was also noted that methylation of this compound occurs via N-and C-dimethylation with migration of the exocyclic multiple bond into the heterocycle to form the corresponding ethyl 2-(3-methyl-4,4-diphenyl-3,4-dihydro-2-quinazolinyl)propanoate.In connection with such an unusual alkylation route where, in the presence of two amine nitrogen atoms, alkylation occurs at only one of these and the second alkylation is at the exocyclic multiple bond in α-position to the carboxylate group stimulated us to study the behavior of compounds 1a,b towards an acylation reaction (i.e. in conditions exchanging a "soft" electrophile (R + ) for a hard one (RC + =O)).The reaction was carried out using a twofold excess of the carboxylic acid halide at room temperature in dry benzene [3] (Scheme 1).Elemental analysis, 1 H NMR, and mass spectrometry showed that the products of monoacylation at an exocyclic C=C bond carbon atom 2a-g were obtained in the reaction (Tables 1,2, and 6).The 1 H NMR spectra of compounds 2a-g (Table 2) were recorded in different solvents and showed a marked difference in the number and position of the NH proton signals. Hence in CDCl 3 solution there were four low field signals, each of intensity 0.5H, which points to the presence in solution of two geometric Z-and _______ * For Communication 3 see [1].