An expedient synthesis of Benzo [h] quinazolin-4 (3H)-one: Structure of samoquasine a revisited

M Chakrabarty, S Sarkar, Y Harigaya

Index: Chakrabarty, Manas; Sarkar, Sandipan; Harigaya, Yoshihiro Synthesis, 2003 , # 15 p. 2292 - 2294

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Abstract

Our work reaffirms the non-identity of samoquasine A with 1, in agreement with the Taiwanese observation. Pertinently, the original Japanese workers have published in the meantime a brief statement (in 'Additions and Corrections' of a journal) 10 that they identified samoquasine A as perlolidine (4) and, therefore, withdrew this trivial name samoquasine A. This identity remains highly doubtful to us particularly on the following grounds: (a) samoquasine A was ...