Silica supported-double metal cyanides (DMCs): A green and highly efficient catalytic protocol for isomerisation of 2′-hydroxychalcones to flavanones

N Ahmed, NK Konduru, A Kumar

Index: Ahmed, Naseem; Konduru, Naveen Kumar; Praveen; Kumar, Anand; Kamaluddin Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2013 , vol. 373, p. 135 - 141

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Abstract

Four different double metal cyanides (NiHCFe, CrHCFe, MnHCFe and ZnHCFe) were synthesized, followed by adsorbed on silica gel and used as Lewis acid catalyst in the isomerisation of substituted 2′-hydroxychalcones to flavanones under solvent-free (dry) condition. Optimization of the reaction condition, temperature effects, DMC catalysts loading and re-useable catalytic activity were further studied during the reaction. Among these ...