The concomitant exploitation of two of the green chemistry tools viz., sonication and biocatalysis is reported here for the synthesis of natural alkaloid, tryptanthrin (indolo[2, 1-b]quinazoline-6,12-dione). High intensity ultrasound was applied to facilitate the release of enzymes by disruption of cells of baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisae) as a biocatalyst. The coupled system is an excellent instance to enhance the rate of biocatalyzed reaction and proved to be green alternative to existing methodologies for the synthesis of tryptanthrins. The present method is bestowed with merits such as mild and clean reaction conditions, operational simplicity, tolerance for a wide variety of substituents, green aspects through the avoidance of toxic metal catalysts and affords highly selective conversion with no byproducts.
The volatile, harmful and hazardous solvents have impact on human health, all organisms and environment. To reduce the use of hazardous volatile solvents, there is need to develop the alternative green reaction medium for organic transformations and is the main goal of green chemistry. The green solvent should be nonvolatile, nontoxic, biodegradable and biorenewable. Considering these parameters, herein, we have reported an efficient and environmentally benign green synthesis of chromeno pyrazolo and indazolo phthalazine derivatives in deep eutectic solvent. The present protocol contains excellent yield of the product, short reaction time, operation simplicity, reusability of solvent and no need of further purification.
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