Thiamine hydrochloride (THC) is a biodegradable, readily available and inexpensive eco-friendly metal free biocatalyst, which is efficiently used in the condensation of 2-naphthol and aromatic aldehydes under thermal and microwave conditions without using toxic solvents. Developed methods herein afforded 14-aryl 14H-dibenzo [a, j] xanthenes in very good yields and offered several advantages such as shorter reaction time, comparable yield, neat practice, easy work-up and mild organo Lewis acid catalyst.