Synthesis of flavanones, azaflavanones, and thioflavanones catalyzed by PMA-SiO2 as a mild, efficient, and reusable catalyst

R Sakirolla, M Yaeghoobi, NA Rahman

Index: Sakirolla, Raghavendra; Yaeghoobi, Marzieh; Rahman, Noorsaadah Abd. Monatshefte fur Chemie, 2012 , vol. 143, # 5 p. 797 - 800

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Abstract

Abstract Cyclization of a variety of chalcones to flavanones catalyzed by 1 mol% phosphomolybdic acid (PMA) supported on silica as a mild, efficient, and reusable catalyst was carried out in high yields. PMA-SiO 2 is an efficient, inexpensive, and green catalyst which gave high conversion yields and could be recycled up to three times without significant loss in activity. Graphical abstract