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An efficient, simple, and catalyst-free synthesis of spiroindeno[1,2-b]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5,3'-indolines and spiroacenaphthylene-1,4'-indeno-1,5'-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines by the three-component reaction of 1,3-indandione, amino uracils and isatins or acenaphthylene-1,2-dione in refluxing ethanol is reported.

The catalytic performance of highly active cobalt(II) supported on mesoporous SBA-15 materials for the Pechmann reaction was investigated. SBA-15 supported cobalt(II) nanocatalyst was found to be efficient and easily recoverable in the Pechmann reaction of phenols and b-ketoesters to their corresponding coumarin derivatives under solvent-free conditions. The supported cobalt catalyst could be easily recovered after reaction completion and reused twelve times with an excellent durability and without any noticeable loss in activity. Graphical Abstract

Funding informationResearch Council of Shahid Beheshti University β-Cyclodextrin decorated with palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs@β-CD) without pretreatment led to a suitable catalyst for the biaryls synthesis in water. A simple and straightforward method was developed for the preparation of PdNPs@β-CD as a green catalyst. The prepared catalyst was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) measurements. It was found that PdNPs@β-CD exhibits high performance in Ullmann, Suzuki and Hiyama coupling reactions.