Facial and Efficient Access to Dihydropyrano[3,2-c]Chromenes via Three-Component Reaction Using N,N-Dimethylbenzylamine As a New Organocatalyst

Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2016;19(4):275-82. doi: 10.2174/1386207319666160310144315.

Abstract

The N,N-dimethylbenzylamine (DMBA), as an efficient and commercially available organocatalyst was employed for the one-pot synthesis of dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromene derivatives in ethanol medium. In this work, the one-pot Knoevenagel-Michael-Thorpe-Ziegler type cascade heterocyclization has been developed for the synthesis of dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromene-containing heterocycles from the one-pot multicomponent condensation reaction of 4-hydroxycoumarin, malononitrile/ethyl cyanoacetate, and various aldehydes at 60°C. The salient features of this basecatalyzed reaction are mild reaction conditions, reusability of the reaction medium, shorter reaction times, and easy separation of the reaction mixture.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 4-Hydroxycoumarins / chemistry
  • Acetates / chemistry
  • Aldehydes / chemistry
  • Benzopyrans / chemical synthesis*
  • Benzylamines / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Chromones / chemical synthesis*
  • Cyclization
  • Nitriles / chemistry

Substances

  • 4-Hydroxycoumarins
  • Acetates
  • Aldehydes
  • Benzopyrans
  • Benzylamines
  • Chromones
  • Nitriles
  • dihydropyranochromone
  • dicyanmethane
  • N-benzyl-N,N-dimethylamine
  • 4-hydroxycoumarin
  • ethyl cyanoacetate