Efficient and Facile Synthesis of Chromenopyrano[2,3-b] pyridine Derivatives Catalyzed by Sodium Carbonate

In this research, a number of new and known chromenopyrano[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives have been prepared. Initially, according to the reported procedure, pyrano[2,3-c]chromene derivatives were synthesized by the reaction between 4-hydroxycoumarin, aromatic aldehydes and malononitrile using silica sodium carbonate (SSC) as the catalyst. Next, the prepared pyrano[2,3-c]chromenes were reacted by dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) or cyclohexanone in the presence of sodium carbonate to produce chromenopyrano[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives. The presented protocol avoids the use of expensive catalysts and gives useful potentially bioactive heterocycles in excellent to high yields.