Nitrene, quinazolin rearrangement

Argon matrix photolysis of tetrazolo[l,5-a]quinazoline/2-azidoquinazoline (96) gave a nitrene (97) which was observable by ESR, UV, and IR spectroscopy.81 The reactions of this nitrene were characterized and included fragmentation to radical species (98), rearrangement to cycloheptatetraene (99), and ring opening to a new nitrene (100). 

The 1,3-diazines have also been prepared by a reaction of enamines and S, S -dimethyl-A (A arylbenzimidoyl)sulfimides 360 in boiling tetraline220,221. The mechanism of the ring formation probably involves a thermal cleavage of the imidoylsulfimides 360 into imidoylnitrenes 361 and dimethyl sulfide. The nitrene can then react with the enamine to give an aziridine intermediate 362 which rearranges to a 3,4-dihydroquinazoline 363. Subsequent elimination of amine yields the quinazoline 364220. 

Alkyl-2-phenylquinazolines 9 are readily available by reaction of 5,S -dimethyl-A-(A-aryl-benzimidoyl)sulfimides 7 with enamines 8 in refluxing Tetralin (1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene). The mechanism of quinazoline ring formation probably involves a thermal cleavage of the imidoylsulfimides into imidoyl nitrenes, nitrene addition to the enamine double bond and subsequent rearrangement of the aziridine intermediate thus formed to the final product 9. Small amounts (10-15%) of 4-unsubstituted quinazolines 10 are obtained as byproducts. The formation of these byproducts involves a known intramolecular rearrangement of the benz-imidoylsulfimides employed. ... 

Trifluoromethyl)quinazolin-4(3//)-one (6) is formed quantitatively from a-azido-a-phenyl-/1-trifluoroethyl isocyanate (3) via a nitrene intermediate 4 which undergoes rearrangement to a-(A -phenylimino)- 8-trifluoroethyl isocyanate (5) followed by cyclization to 6 (cf. p 58). °... 

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