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Facile Preparation of 4-Substituted Quinazoline Derivatives
Published on: February 15, 2016
2,2'-Bis(4-fluoro-anilino)-3,3'-(3,6-dioxa-octane-1,8-di-yl)diquinazolin-4(3H)-one
Abstract:
In the centrosymmetric title compound, C(34)H(30)F(2)N(6)O(4), the dihedral angle between the quinazolinone and fluorobenzene ring planes are 71.00 (2) and 74.94 (2)° and an intra-molecular N-H⋯O interaction stabilizes the conformation. In the crystal, C-H⋯F and C-H⋯O links help to establish the packing.
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