%0 Journal Article %T Thioureadioxide:Anefficientandreusableorganocatalystfortherapidone-potsynthesisofpyrano[4,3-b]pyranderivativesinwater %A Majid Ghashang %A Syed Sheik Mansoor %A Krishnamoorthy Aswin %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 127-133 %D 2014 %R 10.1016/S1872-2067(12)60727-X %X £¿Aseriesofpyrano[4,3-b]pyranderivativeshavebeensynthesizedinexcellentyieldsbythereactionofaromaticaldehydeswithmalononitrileorcyanoacetateand4-hydroxy-6-methylpyran-2-oneinwaterat80¡æ,withthetransformationbeingcatalyzedbyanaqueoussolutionofthioureadioxide(TUD).Uponcompletionofthereaction,theproductwasisolatedbyfiltrationorextractionandtheremainingaqueousTUDsolutioncouldbereusedseveraltimeswithoutanydiscernibleimpactonitscatalyticactivity.Thisprocedureoffersseveraladvantagesoverexistingprocedures,includinghighyields,operationalsimplicity,theuseofanon-toxiccatalystandsolvent,shortreactiontimeandminimumpollutionoftheenvironment,makingitausefulandattractiveprocessforthepreparationofpyrano[4,3-b]pyranderivatives. %K Pyrano[4 %K 3-b]pyran %K Thioureadioxide %K 4-Hydroxy-6-methylpyran-2-one %K One-potsynthesis %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract21216.shtml