S. S. Dipake et al.
together with the use oꢀ renewable ꢀeedstocks, environmen-
tally harmless solvents, reagents, and eꢂectively recoverable
catalysts are an important guideline to attain more sustain-
able approaches according to the green chemistry principles
multicomponent reaction (MCRs) under solvent-ꢀree condi-
tion attracted as a new approach ꢀor the synthesis oꢀ biologi-
cally active molecules, without the isolation oꢀ any interme-
diates and thus reducing reaction time with energy resulting
in atom economy and high selectivity [18, 19].
[
2–4].
In this aspect, heterogenous catalysts have been oꢀ great
The synthesis oꢀ amidoalkyl naphthols derivatives is an
attractive example oꢀ these MCRs. 1-Amidoalkyl-2-naph-
thols derivatives bearing 1,3-amino oxygenated ꢀunctional
groups have gained remarkable attention due to their imma-
nent role as essential building blocks ꢀor a variety oꢀ bio-
logically active natural products, potent drugs, and synthetic
pharmaceuticals including several nucleoside antibiotics and
HIV protease inhibitors [20]. In literature survey reveals that
the established method ꢀor the preparation oꢀ amidoalkyl
naphthols has been carried out by a three-component con-
densation oꢀ diverse aldehydes, 2-naphthols and amides in
presence oꢀ a variety oꢀ catalyst such as Ba (PO ) [21],
importance, they can be reused, cheap and one oꢀ the great
advantages is that they avoid the environmental contami-
nation related to commercial catalysts, such as H SO ,
2
4
HF, AlCl , BF , and H PO . Heterogeneous catalysis has
3
3
3
4
emerged as a useꢀul parameter to reduce waste, lower con-
tamination oꢀ the products with the active catalytic species,
avoiding toxic solvents, efcient separations, and recycling
oꢀ the catalysts [5–8]. Zeolite is a heterogeneous catalyst;
current zeolite catalysis research has ꢀocused on the synthe-
sis oꢀ SBA and MCM types oꢀ mesoporous silica. Unꢀor-
tunately, these mesoporous materials have low thermal
stability, poor surꢀace acidity, and restrictive application
as a catalyst or support. Literature study reports that, the
impregnation oꢀ transition metals, such as Ti, Zr, V, Fe, Cu,
Nb, and Mo inside the structure oꢀ some mesoporous sili-
cates ꢀor enhancing the catalytic perꢀormance in epoxidation,
transesteriꢁcation, and alcohol dehydration reactions [9, 10].
Zeolites establish a ꢀamily oꢀ crystalline microporous alumi-
nosilicates will promote many applications in a wide variety
oꢀ ꢁelds in science and technology [11–14]. However, broad-
ened the application oꢀ zeolite as a heterogeneous catalyst,
isomorphic substitution oꢀ isolated zirconium, niobium, and
tantalum metals species in tetrahedral coordination into the
3
4 2
graphene oxide [22], sulꢀonated poly naphthalene [23], sup-
ported heteropolyacid [24], b-CD-BSA [25], MSNs-HPZ-
SO H [26], phosphoric acid [27], NanoAl O [28], p-TSA
3
2
3
[29], NaHSO .SiO [30], and SiO -HClO [31]. However,
4
2
2
4
some oꢀ these reported procedures are not eco-ꢀriendly and
suꢂer ꢀrom one or more disadvantages yet, ꢀor example,
prolonged reaction time, use oꢀ volatile organic solvent,
additional ultrasonic irradiation, tedious work-up, by-prod-
ucts, and use oꢀ toxic, highly acidic, expensive catalysts.
Thereꢀore, it is desirable to introduce clean procedures, and
utilizing eco-benign reusable heterogeneous catalyst ꢀor
the synthesis oꢀ 1-amidoalkyl-2-naphthols derivatives is an
alternative procedure to construct these valuable organic
compounds is still in high demand.
ꢀ
ramework oꢀ silicate conꢀers lewis acid character to these
metal sites [15]. The compositions oꢀ Zirconium silicate are
also constructed to remove toxins, e.g., ammonium ions or
potassium ions ꢀrom the gastrointestinal tract at an elevated
rate without causing unwanted side eꢂects and also useꢀul
in the therapeutic reagent ꢀor the treatment oꢀ hyperkalemia
Herein, to achieve these objectives and continuation
our eꢂort in the synthesis oꢀ novel catalysts and their ef-
ciency in organic synthesis, we have developed a synthetic
strategy to design zirconium silicate and demonstrated its
eꢂectiveness as an efcient catalyst ꢀor the synthesis oꢀ
1-amidoalkyl-2-naphthols via a three-component reaction
oꢀ b-naphthol, various aldehydes, and amides under solvent-
ꢀree conditions. This novel highly reusable and efcient
catalyst exhibited excellent catalytic activity towards the
synthesis oꢀ 1-amidoalkyl-2-naphthols (Scheme 1) and it
possesses several promising ꢀeatures such as high surꢀace
area, good thermal stability, easy handling, easy work-up,
[
16]. Impregnated zirconia-containing material with high
surꢀace area and acidity was used as a catalyst in several
catalytic organic transꢀormation reactions [17]. Among vari-
ous techniques oꢀ green chemistry, multicomponent reac-
tions (MCRs) have been very classic and efcient methods
in modern synthetic chemistry. The Discovery and devel-
opment oꢀ novel and known MCRs are highly compatible
with the aims oꢀ sustainable and green chemistry. One-pot
Scheme 1 General development
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or the synthesis oꢀ diꢂerent
1
-amidoalkyl-2-naphthols
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3