Salicylic acid an efficient organocatalyst for synthesis of coumarins
Subject Areas :Rushikesh Mane 1 , Pramod Kulkarnia 2
1 - Post graduate center in Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry
Hutatma Rajguru Mahavidyalaya, Rajgurunagar, Pune-410505 India
2 - Post graduate center in Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemistry
Hutatma Rajguru Mahavidyalaya, Rajgurunagar, Pune-410505 India
Keywords: phenol, Pechmann condensation, β-keto esters, Organocatalysis, Coumarins,
Abstract :
Various substituted coumarins were synthesized in high yield and purity by direct reaction of substituted phenol and β-keto esters in the presence of a catalytic amount of salicylic acid under solvent-free conditions. This method is simple, cost-effective, short reaction time, simple work-up procedure, and avoid the use of transition metals.