Additions trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride

The reaction was performed in flame-dried modified Schlenk (Kjeldahl shape) flask fitted with a glass stopper or rubber septum under a positive pressure of argon. Trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride (1.4 equiv) was added to a solution of giycosyl donor (0.191 mmol, 1 equiv) and diphenyl sulfoxide (2.8 equiv) in a mixture of toluene and dichloromethane (8 ml, 3 1 vol/vol) at — 78 °C. The reaction mixture was stirred at this temperature for 5 min and then at —40 °C for 1 h. At this time, 2-chloropyridine (5.0 equiv) and the giycosyl acceptor (3.0 equiv) were added sequentially at —40 °C. The solution was stirred at this temperature for 1 h, then at 0 °C for 30 min and finally at 23 °C for lh before the addition of excess triethylamine (10 equiv). The reaction was diluted with dichloromethane (100 ml) and was washed sequentially with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (2 x 100 ml) and saturated aqueous sodium chloride (100 ml). The organic layer was dried (sodium sulfate) and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel flash column chromatography. 

To a solution of thioglycoside (1.0 equiv), 1-benzenesulfinyl piperidine (1.0 equiv), TTBP (2.0 equiv), and freshly activated 3 A powdered molecular sieves in dichloromethane (25.0 ml mmol-1) was added trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride (1.1 equiv) at —60 °C under an argon atmosphere. The reaction mixture was stirred for 5 min, after that a solution of the glycosyl acceptor (1.5 equiv) in dichloromethane (4.0 ml mmol-1) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at — 60 °C for 2 min, after that it was slowly warmed to room temperature and quenched by the addition of saturated aqueous NaHC03. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried (MgS04), filtered and the filtrate was concentrated to dryness. Purification of the crude product by column chromatography over silica gel afforded the product. 

The synthesis of quinazoline derivatives by the addition of N(3)-C(4) fragment units has not previously been a major synthetic route, but 2,4-dialkyl, alkyl/aryl, and diaryl quinazolines 865 are now readily available by a new procedure that involves activation of A -arylamides 864 with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride and 2-chloropyridine, and subsequent addition of nitriles <2006JA14254>. Either normal or microwave heating can be used to perform the final ring-closure step. 

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