Highly stereo and chemoselective synthesis of tetra and pentacyclic frameworks using Solid-State Melt Reaction (SSMR)

Benzopyran fused tetra and pentacyclic frameworks have been synthesized by the domino Knoevenagel hetero Diels–Alder (DKHDA) reaction using various 1,3-diones with O-allylated salicylaldehydes and O-propargylated salicylaldehydes in a solvent and catalyst free condition via Solid-State Melt Reaction (SSMR). The reaction requires only a single step operation thus providing potentially bioactive polycyclic heterocycles in high yields.