RT Journal Article T1 Microwave-Assisted, Solvent-Free Synthesis of Several Quinazoline Alkaloid Frameworks A1 Cledera, Pilar A1 Sánchez Cebrián, Juan Domingo A1 Caballero, Esmeralda A1 Yates, Tamara A1 Ramírez, Elena G. A1 Avendaño López, María Carmen A1 Ramos García, María Teresa A1 Carlos Menéndez, A1 Menéndez Ramos, José Carlos AB Microwave irradiation leads to a considerable improvement of the cyclocondensation between anthranilic acid and lactim ethers derived from piperazine-2,5-diones in terms of reaction times, yields, and stereocenter integrity. This reaction has been used to prepare some derivatives of the pyrazino[2,1-b]quinazoline-3,6-dione system present in many quinazoline alkaloids. It could also be applied to the synthesis of compounds containing the complete hexacyclic ring system of the anti-MDR natural product N-acetyl¬ardeemin, and other comprising the pentacyclic framework of circumdatin E. The microwave-assisted reaction was also much better than the thermal one when applied to a bis-lactim ether, leading to the corresponding pentacyclic pyrazino[2,1-b:5,4-b′]diquinazoline-8,16-dione in excellent yield. YR 2007 FD 2007 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/133517 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/133517 LA eng NO Cledera, Pilar, et al. «Microwave-Assisted, Solvent-Free Synthesis of Several Quinazoline Alkaloid Frameworks». Synthesis, vol. 2007, n.o 21, noviembre de 2007, pp. 3390-98. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-990818. DS Docta Complutense RD 16 mar 2026