A convenient one-pot synthesis of pyrimido[4,5-b]quinolines as non-classical 5-deaza antifolate inhibitors by the reaction of 6-amino-4-oxo-2-thioxotetrahydropyrimidine 1 with aromatic aldehydes and dimedone is reported.
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