“…The ubiquitous nature and importance in pharmaceutical research have led to several reported synthetic methodologies for 2,3-fused quinazoline-4(3 H )-ones and their derivatives ( Scheme 1 a) [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]: (1) N -Cyanamide alkenes react with aldehydes or diketones via intramolecular cyclization difunctionalization [ 18 ], [ 29 , 30 , 31 ]; (2) intramolecular radical cyclization of N3-Alkenyl-tethered quinazolinone [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ]; (3) oxidative cyclization of isatins or isatoic anhydrides with cyclic amines by ring opening strategy [ 36 , 37 ]; (4) cyclic amines undergo a dehydrogenation process including intermolecular and intramolecular cyclization [ 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ]; (5) 2-Arylquinazolinones undertake a cyclization reaction via transition metal catalysis [ 42 , 43 ].…”