The novel acid-base magnetic recyclable catalyst prepared through carbon disulfide trapping process: Applied for green, one-pot, and efficient synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4 (1H) -ones and bis(indolyl)methanes in large-scale

Abstract

• The synthesis of magnetic acid–base cooperativity catalyst through novel, facile and efficient method. • Synthesis of substituted dihydroquinazolinones and bis(indolyl)methanes with excellent yields in mild and green reaction conditions. • The easy separated catalyst recycled and employed for other eight successive runs. • The important medicinal compounds were successfully performed using introduced catalytic system in large-scale. Herein, a nano acid-base catalyst using magnetic core and carbamodithioic acid functional group have been synthesized and characterized. Its efficiency in the synthesis of dihydroquinazolinones and bis(indolyl)methanes derivatives was investigated. This novel metal-free catalyst exhibited significant catalytic activity in both reactions under green and mild reaction conditions (the yield obtained for the first reaction products: 82–98 % and for the second one: 61–97 %). The catalyst displayed good recyclability with no significant loss of catalytic activity after eight runs (the conversion of the eighth run was found as 83 %, the fresh catalyst conversion was 95 %). The introduced approach is attractive due to its applicability in the large-scale synthesis of important medicinal compounds.