A novel concise total synthesis of the quinazoline alkaloids

ORGN 409

Ji-Feng Liu, jliu@arqule.com, Ping Ye, Mira Kaselj, Kevin Sprague II, Katie Sargent, Yuko Isome, Bailin Zhang, Grace Bi, Daniel Yohannes, Libing Yu, and Carmen M. Baldino. ArQule, Inc, 19 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA 01801
Quinazoline alkaloids are a class of natural product showing variety of biological activities and of interests in pharmaceutical industries. An efficient approach has been developed to synthesize these natural products including fumiquinazolines, quinazolinobenzodiazepines, and vasicinones. In this presentation, we will highlight the total synthesis of these natural products.