ORGANIC PREPARATIONS AND PROCEDURES INTERNATIONAL
EXPERIMENTAL PAPER
Greener Synthesis of 3,4-Disubstituted Isoxazole-5(4H)-ones
in a Deep Eutectic Solvent
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Hengameh Atharifar , Ali Keivanloo
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Faculty of Chemistry, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran; Department of Chemistry,
Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
ARTICLE HISTORY Received 6 March 2020; Accepted 11 June 2020
Developing a cost effective and environmentally benign solvent system is of the utmost
importance in the chemical industry. One current proposal is the replacement of con-
ventional hazardous volatile organic solvents by nonvolatile alternatives so that they do
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not emit toxic or flammable vapors over a wide range of temperatures. During the past
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few years, some green solvents have been used. These include water, supercritical flu-
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ids, perfluorinated solvents,
glycerol and its derivatives, bio-based solvents, and
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ionic liquids (ILs). Notwithstanding their value, the use of these solvents is still in its
early stages and is limited by a number of concerns.
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs), also known as deep eutectic ionic liquids (DEILs), or
low-melting mixtures (LMMs), or low transition temperature mixtures (LTTMs) in the
literature, have become more attractive due to their interesting properties and benefits.
Among these are the low cost of components, ease of preparation, tunable physico-
chemical properties, negligible vapor pressure, nontoxicity, bio-renewability and bio-
degradability. In fact, DESs have several features in common with ionic liquids. They
have a large number of molecular components which are typically hydrogen bond
donors. They are more industrially promising than ionic liquids due to their low cost
and tolerance to humidity, thus avoiding potential problems of hydrolysis or hygrosco-
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picity.
DESs are defined as combinations of two or three safe and cheap compo-
nents which are capable of self-association, to form a eutectic mixture, which is a liquid
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at temperatures lower than 100 C, with a melting point lower than that of each of the
individual components.
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Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) have emerged as a powerful strategy for the syn-
thesis of numerous desirable chemical compounds, notably including natural products
and biologically active compounds. Moreover, MCRs have such advantages as oper-
ational simplicity, high atom-economy, reduced production of waste, and the avoidance
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of intricate purification processes.
Carrying out MCRs in water as the reaction medium would be one of the most suit-
able methods, going a long way toward the fulfilment of the goals of green chemistry.
Use of water not only diminishes the risk of organic solvents but also improves the rate
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of many chemical reactions.
CONTACT Behrooz Maleki
Department of Chemistry, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar,
Faculty of Chemistry, Shahrood University of
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6179-76487, Iran; Ali Keivanloo
Technology, Shahrood, Iran
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