A new synthesis of a series of 3-amino-1H-quinazoline-2,4-diones is described. The 1H-quinazoline-2,4-dione 10 was made starting with fluorobenzoic acid in three high yielding steps. The key step of this synthesis involved the generation of the dianion of urea 7 and the subsequent intramolecular nucleophilic displacement of the 2-fluoro to form the quinazolinedione ring. The 3-amino moiety was incorporated using (2,4-dinitro-phenyl)-hydroxylamine as the aminating reagent. Recently we reported on the 3-hydroxy-1H-quinazoline-2,4-diones as a novel class of antibacterial agents [1]. In a continuing effort to expand our understanding of structure-activity relationships (SAR) within this class, we found that replacing the 3-hydroxyl with an amino group afforded compounds with even more potent activity. Herein, we disclose our synthetic efforts toward construction of this altered chemotype.Synthesis of the 3-amino-1H-quinazoline-2,4-dione ring system has been reported in the literature. The first reported synthesis involved a reaction of hydrazine hydrate with a 3H-quinazolinedione under harsh conditions [2]. Other reported approaches include reaction of t-butyl carbazate with isatoic anhydride [3], treatment of 2-aminobenzoylhydrazine with urea [4], ring contraction of the 7-membered 1,3,4-benzotriazepine-2,5-dione ring with sodium hydroxide [5], and reaction of 4-oxo-4H-3,1-benzoxazine-2-carbonitrile with hydrazine hydrate [6].Initially, we envisioned synthesizing the 3-aminoquinazolinedione nucleus by a ring closure of a substituted-(2-amino-4-fluorobenzoyl)hydrazinecarboxylic acid tertbutyl ester with triphosgene [7,8,9], followed by displacement of the 7-fluoro of the synthesized Boc-protected 3-aminoquinazolinedione core with various nucleophilic side chains, typically 3-substituted pyrrolidines [1]. Removal of the Boc-protecting group under acidic conditions would then generate the desired targets. Reducing