%0 Journal Article %T ONE-POT, THREE-COMPONENT, GREEN SYNTHESIS OF SOME INDENO[2`,3`:5,6] PYRIDO[2,1-b]BENZOTHIAZOLES AND INDENO[2`,3`-e]THIAZOLO[3,2 a]PYRIDINES ONE-POT, Drei-Komponenten, GREEN Synthese einiger INDENO [2 `, 3`: 5,6] pyrido [2,1-b]Benzothiazole und INDENO [2 `, 3`-e] THIAZOLO [3,2 a] PYRIDINE %A Essam M. Hussein %J Heterocyclic Letters %D 2012 %I Raman Publications %R october 10, 2011. %X The green synthesis of some indeno[2`,3`:5,6]pyrido[2,1-b]benzothiazoles (4a-f) and indeno[2`,3`-e]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyridines (6a-f) via a one-pot, three-component reaction of indan- 1,3-dion (1), aromatic aldehydes (2a-f), (benzothiazol-2-yl)acetonitrile (3) or 2-cyanomethyl-4- thiazolinone (5), and catalyzed by p-toluene sulfonic acid (p-TSA) using water as reaction medium is reported. %K Green synthesis %K (benzothiazol-2-yl)acetonitrile %K 2-cyanomethyl-4-thiazolinone %K pyrido[2 %K 1-b]benzothiazole %K thiazolo[3 %K 2-a]pyridines %U http://heteroletters.org/issue5/2.html