WCl6 as an efficient, heterogeneous and reusable catalyst for the preparation of 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes with high TOF, By Abdolkarim Zare

Research

Title	WCl6 as an efficient, heterogeneous and reusable catalyst for the preparation of 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes with high TOF
Type	Article
Keywords	WCl6; 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes; aldehyde; 2-naphthol; solvent-free
Journal	RSC Advances
DOI	10.1039/C2RA00014H
Researchers	Mohammad Ali Zolfigol (First researcher) , Ahmad Reza Moosavi-Zare (Second researcher) , Parastoo Arghavani-Hadi (Third researcher) , Abdolkarim Zare (Fourth researcher) , Vahid Khakyzadeh (Fifth researcher) , Ghasem Darvishi (Not in first six researchers)

Abstract

An efficient solvent-free protocol for the synthesis of 14-aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes from b-naphthol and arylaldehydes using WCl6 as a reusable catalyst is reported. The turn over frequency (TOF) value of the catalyst is several times higher than that of the previously reported catalysts. A clean reaction, simple purification, short reaction time and high yield are some other advantages of this work.