A general, highly efficient, and green protocol for the synthesis of biologically important spiro[indoline-3,4 0 -pyrano[3,2-c]chromene derivatives is developed by one-pot, three-component approach involving substituted isatin, active methylene group, and 4-hydroxy coumarin. This report describes the use of γvalerolactone as a green reaction media for a variety of substrates. The advantageous features of this methodology are the environmentally benign character, operational simplicity, high yield processing (91-96%), easy handling, and the reaction medium can be recycled and reused several times without significant loss of its efficiency.
White solid;Scheme 3. Plausible mechanism of spiro[indoline-3,4 0 -pyrano[3,2-c]chromene derivatives 4a-q. [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] 2820 F. Diwan and M. Farooqui