three‐component reaction of isatoic anhydride, primary aliphatic or aromaticamines, and acetophenones leading to densely substituted 3‐substituted 2‐aroylquinazolin‐4(3H)‐ones is reported. The key step involves a cascade reaction of selective oxidation of the methyl group of the acetophenones, followed by a condensation with anthranilamides. The scope of the reaction is applicable to the synthesis of tryptanthrin
An efficient one-pot synthetic protocol has been proposed for the synthesis of luntonin F from easily available starting materials. Through a rational logical design, multifundamental reactions (iodination, Kornblum oxidation, and annulation) were assembled in one-pot. The developed approach can efficiently synthesize luntonin F and a diversity of analogues.