Visible-Light-Driven Radical Amination/Cyclization of Arylethynyl Quinazolinones to Access Sulfonaminated Quinolino[2,1-b]quinazolines
Qiyang Liu,
a Jinwei Yuan,
a,*Jianning Zhang,
a Pan Zhao,
a Hewen Gao,
a Liangru Yang,
a Ji Ma,
b,*Lingbo Qu
c,d,*
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2026, (Accepted)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c03167

A visible-light-driven radical amination/cyclization of arylethynyl quinazolin-4(3
H)-ones was developed using
N-aminopyridinium salts as sulfonamino radical precursors. A series of sulfonaminated quinolino[2,1-
b]quinazolines were successfully synthesized under oxidant- and additive-free conditions. The transformation features a broad substrate scope, good to excellent yields, and mild reaction conditions. Notably, the amination/cyclization reaction could proceed smoothly under natural sunlight irradiation.