Four-component quinazoline synthesis from simple anilines, aromatic aldehydes and ammonium iodide under metal-free conditions

A four-component procedure for the preparation of substituted quinazolines from anilines, aromatic aldehydes and ammonium iodide is described. The C-H bond ortho to the amino group in anilines was directly functionalized under metal-free conditions. Two aldehydes were involved in this reaction and ammonium iodide was used as one of the nitrogen sources. This reaction provides a strategy for the facile construction of substituted quinazolines from simple anilines and other readily available reactants.