Current Organocatalysis - Volume 11, Issue 3, 2024

An efficient, 5-Sulphosalicylic acid (5-SSA) catalysed green protocol for the synthesis of Indenopyrazolones and its derivatives is reported under metal-free conditions in an ethyl lactate system. The main advantages of this procedure include the use of an organocatalyst, ethyl lactate as a recyclable promoting media, practical simplicity, high yields, shorter reaction times, atom economy, and ease of isolation of the product Read More

Background: Epoxides are widely useful in various fields such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, cosmetics, polymer synthesis, fragrance compounds, and food additives. However, the synthesis of epoxides involves heavy metal catalysts and toxic, unstable organic catalysts which causes serious environmental and safety concerns. In recent years, biocatalysts have received a great deal of interest in the synthesis of olefin-derived Read More

Introduction: A simple and efficient one-pot synthesis of quinazolinone derivatives has been developed via a multicomponent reaction (MCR) involving the condensation of dimedone, benzaldehyde, and 2-aminobenzimidazole/2-aminobenzothiazole. Method: In this work, glucose water is used as a green, reusable, environmentally benign organocatalytic solvent system to synthesize desired products. Result: The main ben Read More

Background: Multistranded foldamers mimic biopolymer architecture, through the assembly and folding of intrinsically flexible polymeric chains attached to polyol core have been synthesised here. The synthesised dendritic motifs possess helical cavities with properly arranged active sites. As these cavities are large enough to accommodate guest molecules, their application as synthetic foldamer catalyst were investigated in Read More

Background: A simple, convenient and environmentally benign green protocol has been developed for the one-pot synthesis of 4-substituted-1,5-benzodiazepines through three-component reaction of 1,2-diamine, 1,3-cyclic diketone with an aldehyde catalyzed by water extract of onion. The reaction conditions were optimized and the scope of the reaction was extended to various 1,2- diamines, 1,3-cyclic diketones and aldehy Read More

Aims: We aimed to conduct an L-Pipecolic acid-catalyzed synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazoles and N-cycloalkyl-2,4,5- trisubstituted imidazoles to develop a novel synthetic route followed by the synthesis of novel series of compounds. Background: A rapid, highly efficient, and greener approach for the synthesis of a series of 2,4,5- trisubstituted imidazoles and N-cycloalkyl-2,4,5- trisubstituted imidazoles were developed Read More