A clean,efficient method to synthesize 2-amino-4H-3,1-benzothiazines by ytterbium chloride-catalyzed tandem addition-cyclization reaction of o-aminocinnamate and isothiocyanates under solvent-free conditions is developed.
Heterobimetallic clusters of Na8Ln(OtBu)10(OH) (Ln = ytterbium, europium, samarium and neodymium) are found to be useful catalysts for amidation of aldehydes with amines under mild conditions. The catalytic activity depends on the central metal ion in the cluster, and the order activity is ytterbium < europium < samarium ≈ neodymium. The catalysts show a wide range of scope in their activity towards amines including aliphatic amines and secondary cyclic amines such as pyrrolidine and piperidine.
An efficient method was developed for the synthesis of arylidene heterobicyclic 3-cyano-2-pyridones via ytterbium chloride catalyzed tandem condensation of aromatic aldehydes,cyclic ketones,and cyanoacetamide.The conditions and scope of the reaction were investigated and a reaction mechanism was proposed.
