4-Anilinoquinazoline analogues stand out among many kinds of small molecules that inhibit the tyrosine kinase activities of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), thus serving as significant molecular targets for anticancer drug design. Herein, a series of novel perfluorocarbon (PFC) modulated 4-anilinoquinazolines were designed and prepared straightforwardly by nucleophilic substitution reaction of various anilinoquinazolines and PFC-derived methanesulfonate. In the presence of base, the reaction proceeded smoothly to afford a wide range of 4-anilinoquinazolines with different substituents on aniline moiety in good to high yields. Furthermore, the PFC-modified analogues of gefitinib and erlotinib were also obtained in 93% and 90% respectively, which may have potential for developing new inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase and fluorinated contrast agents (CA) for 19F MRI.

A Lewis base-mediated one-pot sequential transformation of pyrazolones with Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) carbonates and N-fluoro-N-(phenylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonamide (NFSI) has been developed. By using this process, a series of fluorinated pyrazolone derivatives have been synthesized in 40–83% yields.