Suzuki cross coupling reaction based synthetic method for the preparation of 6-arylquinazolin-4(3H)-ones (3a-h) in ethyleneglycoldimethylether is described by coupling of 6-iodo2-phenyl-3-methyl-quinazolin-4(3H)-one (1) with various 6-aryl boronic acids 3 under microwave irradiation in between These compounds were screened for anti-oxidant activity.