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environmentally benign synthesis.[1–3] The use of bio-organic catalyst in organic synthe-
sis has become a subject of intense investigation, in particular, green catalyst which offer
advantages in clean and sustainable chemistry as they can be nontoxic, readily access-
ible, biodegradable and retrievable which successfully used for the synthesis of greener
reaction. Thus, there are still some challenges imbedded in this class of cyclizations,
such as performing the reaction under green catalysis, and green reaction media.
Organocatalysts have emerged as biomimetic catalysts, displaying advantages of being
both greener as well as biocompatible.[4–11] 2-Aminoethanesulfonic acid (Taurine) is a
b-amino acid, It is a kind of sulfur-containing amino acid which does not participate in
the biosynthesis of protein,[12] but it is considered as a conditionally semi essential
amino acid for mammals,[13] as it plays an important role in brain development,[14] also
recognized to have the effect on the antitumor activity,[15,16] antioxidant activity,[17]
antihypertensive activity[18] and membrane fluidity.[19] At present, the greater demand
of taurine from food additives market[20–22] calls for its chemical synthesis. In addition
to this, they improve water solubility and are capable to form H-bonds while their
strong inductive effect can be utilized to tune pKa values of adjacent or remote amino
groups.[23] On the other hand the structural and electronic properties might mimic
transition states to tetrahedral intermediates.[24]
In recent times, 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (taurine) was used for the preparation of
bio-active barbituric and thiobarbituric acid derivatives,[25] Knoevenagel reaction between
aldehydes and malononitrile,[26] and silica gel supported taurine in the oxidation of sul-
fides to their corresponding disulfides.[27] Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, there
are no other reports of the catalytic activity of this b-amino acid for organic transforma-
tions. Currently, conventional step-by-step synthetic methods cannot meet the demands
of high-throughput screening to identify potential therapeutic agents in drug research and
development. To meet these demands, cascade reactions/domino reaction and multicom-
ponent reaction have been developed, MCRs are atom economical because of accelerating
chemical reactions, converting three or more components incorporated into the final
product via a simple one-pot route.[28] They fulfill the requirements of green chemistry
and for producing vast libraries of desired medicinal scaffolds in a benign way.[29]
Oxygen-containing heterocyclic frameworks exist in many natural products and syn-
thetic pharmaceutics, so the construction of this class of scaffolds has attracted great
attention from the organic community,[30] in this perspective, benzylcoumarins skeletal
structure exits in a wide range of biologically active drugs and natural products. These
biologically active compounds include the warfarin, phenprocumene, and coumatetralyl
(Figure 1), showed antibacterial, anti-HIV, antiviral, and anticoagulant activities.[31]
Similarly, pyrazolones are another important heterocyclic compounds (Figure 2) with a
broad spectrum of biological activities. To list a few phenazone, propyphenazone, and
ampyrone (Figure 2) are well known antipyretic and antianalgesic drugs. Also, pyrazo-
lones are generally known for anti-fungal, antimycobacterial, antibacterial, anti-inflam-
matory, antitumor, antidepressant, and anti-tubercular activities.[32] It is anticipated that
the integration of the 3-benzyl coumarin and pyrazolone moieties leading to benzylpyra-
zolyl coumarin scaffolds could be fascinating and beneficial from the biological point of
view. Till date there are few reports available on the synthesis of this benzyl
pyrazolylcoumarins.[33–40]