Methods for the synthesis of fluorine-containing derivatives of 2-imino-1,3-diphenylquinazolin-4-one, imidazo[1,2-a]quinazolin-5-one, pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazolin-5-one, and [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]quinazolin-5-one were developed on the basis of the reaction of tetrafluorobenzoyl chloride with N,N'-diphenylguanidine and aminoazoles. * For communication XI, see [1].Fused quinazolin-4-one derivatives attract strong interest from the viewpoint of their potential biological activity. Antibacterial, antitoxoplasmatic, antihypertensive, and antihistaminic agents, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, and compounds possessing other kinds of biological activity have been revealed among quinazolin-4-one derivatives [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. A known procedure for building up such heterocyclic systems is based on cyclization of 2-halo-substituted benzoyl chlorides with difunctional nitrogen-centered nucleophiles [4,[9][10][11]. This approach was not applied previously to the synthesis of fused imidazo-, pyrazolo[a]-and triazolo[a]-quinazolinones. There are published data only on the preparation of triazolo[a]quinazolinone derivatives via transformations of quinazolinones having a sulfanyl, hydrazino, thiosemicarbazido, or S-methylisothiosemicarbazido group in the 2-position [2,5,[12][13][14][15].In continuation of our studies on the synthesis of fused fluorine-containing nitrogen heterocycles, we have developed a general procedure for the preparation of fluorinated triazolo-, pyrazolo-, and imidazo[a]-quinazolinones by reaction of tetrafluorobenzoyl chloride with difunctional N,N'-dinucleophiles. By acylation of N,N'-diphenylguanidine (II) with tetrafluorobenzoyl chloride (I) in boiling toluene we obtained N, N'-diphenyl-N-(2,3,4,5-tetrafluorobenzoyl)-guanidine (III) (Scheme 1). The 1 H NMR spectrum of III confirmed the presence in its molecule of two