Synthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity of novel bis(indolyl)methanes sourced from biorenewable furfurals using gluconic acid aqueous solution (GAAS) as a sustainable catalyst
Prajwal Naik C, Gowdru Basanna Ashoka, Asiful H. Seikh, Saikat Dutta
Abstract
Novel bis(indolyl)methanes has been synthesized in satisfactory isolated yields using carbohydrate-derived 5-substituted-2-furaldehydes as renewable reactants and gluconic acid aqueous solution as a sustainable catalyst.
Topics & Concepts
Gluconic acidCatalysisAqueous solutionChemistryOrganic chemistryCombinatorial chemistrySynthesis of Indole DerivativesChemical Synthesis and ReactionsMulticomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles