Ethylenediamine Functionalized Cellulose Acetate [CAEDA] Nanosized Solid Base Catalyst in the Synthesis of 2‐Amino‐4H‐Chromenes and 5‐Substituted‐1H‐Tetrazoles

Abstract

AbstractA series of 2‐amino‐4H‐chromenes by combining dimedone, different substituted aromatic aldehydes and malononitrile and 5‐substituted‐1H‐tetrazoles by combining variable aldehydes, hydroxylamine hydrochloride and sodium azide have been efficiently synthesized in presence of ethylenediamine functionalized cellulose acetate as a solid base catalyst i.e Cellulose acetate[1,2‐ethylenediamine][CAEDA]. This catalyst is low‐cost, non‐toxic, unexplored, easily available, reusable, eco‐friendly in nature. This synthesized solid base catalyst has been characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), themogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) spectroscopic techniques. The new catalytic method exhibits some noteworthy advantages such as short reaction time, high yields, easy workup and purification steps, simple preparation method which makes this strategy more useful for the synthesis of chromene and tetrazole derivatives then earlier methods.