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Polyethylene glycol-mediated synthesis of decahydroacridine-1,8-diones catalyzed by ceric ammonium nitrate

Mazaahir Kidwai and Divya Bhatnagar

Green Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

E-mail: kidwai.chemistry@gmail.com

Abstract: Polyethylene glycol was found to be an inexpensive non-toxic and effective medium for one pot synthesis of high yields of decahydroacridine-1,8-diones in the presence of ceric ammonium nitrate as the catalyst. Moreover, the solvent can be recovered and reused.

Keywords: decahydroacridine-1,8-diones - polyethylene glycol - ceric ammonium nitrate - recyclability

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-010-0070-2

Chemical Papers 64 (6) 825–828 (2010)