Novel ferrocene-based ionic liquid supported on silica nanoparticles as efficient catalyst for synthesis of naphthopyran derivatives

We report synthesis of silica nanospheres containing ferrocene-tagged imidazolium acetate (SiO₂@Im-Fc[OAc]) as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalyst for synthesis of naphthopyran derivatives under solvent-free conditions, based on modification of nano SiO₂ by ionic liquid with ferrocene tags and subsequent anion metathesis reaction. The synthesized novel nanocatalyst (SiO₂@Im-Fc[OAc]) was systematically characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and field-emission scanning electron microscopy. The catalytic activity of (SiO₂@Im-Fc[OAc]) was tested in one-pot three-component reaction of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile, and 2-naphthol for facile synthesis of naphthopyran derivatives. To achieve high catalytic efficacy, the effects of various reaction parameters such as temperature, amount of catalyst, type of solvent, etc. were investigated. Furthermore, recovery and reuse of the nanocatalyst several times was demonstrated without appreciable loss in catalytic activity. The presented protocol offers several advantages, including green and ecofriendly nature, operational simplicity, higher yield, and easy recovery and reuse of the nanostructured catalyst. The workup of these very clean reactions involves only recrystallization of the product from ethanol and recovery of the catalyst by filtration.     

Synthesis of Betti base derivatives catalyzed by nano-CuO-ionic liquid and experimental and quantum chemical studies on corrosion inhibition performance of them

Research on Chemical Intermediates - In this research, for the first time, aminonaphthol derivatives were introduced as efficient corrosion inhibitors. A linear polarization method was employed to...     

Fe3O4@SiO2-BenzIm-Fc[Cl]/ZnCl2: a novel and efficient nano-catalyst for the one-pot three-component synthesis of pyran annulated bis-heterocyclic scaffolds under ultrasound irradiation

Research on Chemical Intermediates - In this study, a novel magnetically recoverable Fe3O4@SiO2-BenzIm-Fc[Cl]/ZnCl2 nano-particle was synthesized using a simple chemical coprecipitation approach....     

A convenient and efficient method for the synthesis of new 2-(4-amino substituted benzilidine) indanone derivatives

An efficient and improved process for the synthesis of novel 1-indanones derivatives has been developed. In the first step of the presented new process, 4-bromobenzaldehyde reacts with 5, 6-dimethoxy-2, 3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one by N-arylation of corresponding compounds with a variety of aliphatic and aromatic amines to produce a novel category of 1-indanones as the final step. Comparison of this newly designed method with conventional methods show that our method is much more efficient in producing a higher total yield. This innovative synthesis methodology offers several advantages, among which the consumption of inexpensive reagents and the resulting higher total yields of final products are of its remarkable points.     

Eco-friendly one-pot,three-component synthesis of novel derivatives of kojic acid by the Mannich-type reaction under solvent-free ball-milling conditions

Research on Chemical Intermediates - A novel series of aminokojic acid derivatives were efficiently synthesized by one-pot condensation of kojic acid, aromatic aldehydes and heteroaromatic amines...