A versatile synthesis of 2-substituted 1-methyl-and 1, 4-dimethyl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydro-6H- pyrazino [2, 1-b] quinazoline-3, 6-diones is presented, starting from 2-(1-bromoethyl) quinazolin-4 (3H)-one. The key step of the reaction sequence is the diastereoselective cyclization of 2-{[1-(N-2-haloacyl-N-substituted amino] ethyl} quinazolin-4 (3H)-ones. Usually 1, 4-dimethyl derivatives are obtained as pure racemic cis-compounds (2-alkyl ...