A concise synthesis of quinazolinone TGF-β RI inhibitor through one-pot three-component Suzuki-Miyaura/etherification and imidate-amide rearrangement reactions

Abstract A simple and efficient synthesis of dihydropyrrolopyrazole boronic acid intermediate ( 5 ) has been developed. Utilization of a three-component Suzuki–Miyaura/etherification with microwave heating led to advanced compound 11 in high yield and with easy purification. Reaction of compound 11 with methanesulfonyl chloride at room temperature furnished the 1,3 O – N rearranged product ( 12 ), which is postulated to proceed via an intramolecular mechanism. The outlined synthesis provides a highly efficient and high-yielding route that is amenable to rapid analog synthesis.