Green and rapid synthesis of dihydropyrimido [4,5‐b]quinolinetrione derivatives using CoFe2O4@PPA as high efficient solid acidic catalyst under ultrasonic irradiation

Abstract

A new high efficient and green protocol for the preparation of dihydropyrimido[4,5‐b]quinolinetrione derivatives using magnetically solid acid catalyst was presented. High performance solid acid catalyst was prepared through a three‐step reaction. Firstly, CoFe2O4 nano particles were synthesized using co‐precipitation method. In second step, CoFe2O4 nano particles were coated with SiO2 shell through treatment with tetraethyl orthosilicate (CoFe2O4@SiO2). Finaly, CoFe2O4@SiO2 was modified with polyphosphoric acid (CoFe2O4@SiO2/PPA) in a simple manner. Green reusable catalyst was characterized in details using FTIR, VSM, TEM, FESEM, EDX and used as catalyst for the synthesis of dihydropyrimido[4,5‐b]quinolinetrione derivatives. Reaction was performed under ultrasonic irradiation as green, effective and mild conditions and products were achieved in high to excellent yields. Green and eco‐friendly conditions, short reaction times with high yield of products in addition to easy workup are some merits of presented method.