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external permanent magnet. The solvent was evaporated
and the solid obtained was filtered and washed with EtOH
3 Experimental section
Reagent grade chemicals were purchased from Sigma- and water. The pure products were characterized by com-
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Aldrich or Merck and were used without further puri- parison of their physical data (melting points, IR, and H
fication. Chitosan with an average molecular weight of NMR) with those of known compounds in the literature.
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290 000 Da was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. The prod- The FT-IR and H NMR spectra of selected compounds 5
ucts were isolated and characterized by physical and spec- are given as supplementary material (available online).
tral data. NMR spectra were obtained on a Bruker Avance
400 MHz spectrometer (1H NMR at 400 Hz, 13C NMR at
100 Hz) in DMSO-d6 using trimethylsilane (TMS) as the 3.2.1 3-Amino-1-(4-cyano-phenyl)-1H-benzo[a]
internal standard. Chemical shifts (δ) are given in ppm
and coupling constants (J) in hertz (Hz). FT-IR spectra
pyrano[2,3-c]phenazine-2-carbonitrile (5h)
were recorded with KBr pellets by a Nicolet Magna 550 Yellow solid. m.p. 288–290°C. FT-IR (KBr): ν (cm−1)ꢀ=ꢀ3322,
IR spectrometer. CHN compositions were measured using 3176, 3045, 2831, 2182, 2139, 1644, 1622, 1584, 1483, 1455,
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a Carlo ERBA Model EA 1108 analyzer. Powder XRD was 1444, 1392, 1383, 1355, 1337, 1292, 1256, 1160. H NMR
carried out on a Philips X’pert diffractometer with mono- (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ (ppm)ꢀ=ꢀ5.42 (s, 1H, CH), 7.23 (s,
chromatized CuKα radiation (λꢀ=ꢀ1.5406 Å). The morphol- 2H, NH2), 7.38 (d, Jꢀ=ꢀ8.0 Hz, 2H, Ar-H), 7.42 (d, Jꢀ=ꢀ8.0 Hz,
ogy of the products was visualized by SEM (MIRA3). DLS 2H, Ar-H), 7.83–8.08 (m, 4H, Ar-H), 8.12–8.15 (m, 1H, Ar-H),
was accomplished with a Malvern instrument (Malvern 8.17–8.22 (m, 1H, Ar-H), 8.42 (d, 1H, Jꢀ=ꢀ7.6 Hz, Ar-H), 9.17
Zetasizer). Magnetic properties of the magnetite nano- (d, 1H, Jꢀ=ꢀ7.2 Hz, Ar-H). 13C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6: δ
particles were measured using a VSM (Meghnatis Daghigh (ppm)ꢀ=ꢀ37.3, 57.9, 113.8, 115.3, 118.3, 122.1, 124.3, 125.5,
Kavir Co., Kashan Kavir, Iran) at room temperature.
126.3, 127.8, 128.2, 128.6, 129.0, 129.2, 130.1, 130.3, 130.6,
130.8, 139.9, 140.1, 140.7, 141.4, 145.6, 146.5, 159.5. Analysis
for C27H15N5O: calcd. C76.22, H 3.55, N 16.46; found C 76.18,
H 3.43, N 16.35.
3.1 Preparation of nano-Fe3O4@chitosan
Our purpose was to synthesize a magnetic nanocatalyst
with a mass ratio of chitosan to nano-Fe3O4 (g/g)ꢀ=ꢀ2:1. In 3.2.2 3-Amino-1-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-1H-benzo[a]
order to achieve this, 1 g of chitosan and 0.43 g (2.1 mmol)
of FeCl2·4H2O and 1.17 g of FeCl3·6 H2O (2ꢀ×ꢀ2.1 mmol) were
pyrano[2,3-c]phenazine-2-carbonitrile (5m)
placed in a 100-mL round bottom flask, and 40 mL of Yellow solid. m.p. 268–269°C. IR (KBr): ν (cm−1)ꢀ=ꢀ3315,
0.4 m HCl was added to them under stirring at room tem- 3174, 3048, 2829, 2180, 1652, 1620, 1585, 1487, 1465, 1450,
perature. The mixture was stirred until complete dissolu- 1394, 1384, 1350, 1330, 1293, 1258, 1163. 1H NMR (400 MHz,
tion. Then 400 mL of NH3 (0.7 m) was added to the mixture DMSO-d6): δ (ppm)ꢀ=ꢀ3.84 (s, 3H, OCH3), 5.83 (s, 1H, CH),
under argon gas for 20 min. The formed nanocatalyst was 6.65 (d, 2H, Jꢀ=ꢀ7.6 Hz, Ar–H), 6.90 (d, 2H, Jꢀ=ꢀ7.6 Hz, Ar–H),
filtered and washed with H2O and dried in an oven at 70°C. 7.35 (s, 2H, NH2), 7.85–7.93 (m, 4H, Ar-H), 7.98–8.40 (m, 3H),
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9.10 (d, 1H, Jꢀ=ꢀ8.0 Hz, Ar-H). C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-
d6): δ (ppm)ꢀ=ꢀ37.5, 55.2, 58.3, 112.1, 115.2, 115.5, 120.2, 120.4,
3.2 General procedure for the synthesis of
benzopyranophenazines
121.4, 125.2, 127.0, 129.1, 129.3, 129.7, 130.1, 130.5, 130.8,
130.9, 140.3, 141.2, 141.9, 146.4, 147.3, 159.4, 160.5. Analysis
for C27H18N4O2: calcd. C 75.34, H 4.21, N 13.02; found C 75.25,
Nano-Fe3O4@chitosan (10 mg) was added to a mixture H 4.15, N 12.93.
of hydroxynaphthoquinone (1 mmol) and o-phenylen-
ediamine (1 mmol) in EtOH (5 mL) at room temperature
under stirring. After 5 min, the aldehydes (1 mmol) and 4 Conclusion
malononitrile (1.5 mmol) were added and the mixture was
refluxed for the appropriate amount of time (Table 2). The We have developed a straightforward and efficient
progress of the reaction was monitored by thin-layer chro- method for the preparation of benzopyranophenazines
matography (TLC; EtOAc/n-hexane 2:1), and the mixture using nano-Fe3O4@chitosan as an efficient, heteroge-
was cooled to room temperature. After completion of the neous, acidic, solid catalyst. The method offers several
reaction, the nanocatalyst was easily separated using an advantages including the rapid synthesis of potentially
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