Iranian Journal of Organic Chemistry IranJOC Vol. 6, No. 1, 2014 Contents Graphical Abstracts A one-pot, three component synthesis of ketenimines under solvent-free conditions pp 1179-1181 Khatereh Khandan-Barania*, Malek Taher Maghsoodlou,b Alireza Hassanabadi,a Jilla Saffari,a Meysam Rashidb and Shirin Shahrakia a Department of chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, PO Box 98135-978, Zahedan, Iran. Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, P. O. Box 98135-674, Zahedan, Iran. b O O R2 NC CO2CH3 O O R1 C R3 CO2CH3 Solvent-free R1 R3 C H r.t. H3CO2C R2 C CO2CH3 4 3 1 2 3 R2 R1 a CH3 b CF3 COOCH3 H N cyclohexyl R3 4 Time(h) %Yield CH3 SCH3 a 12 88 b 16 80 An efficient one-pot synthesis and insecticidal activity of 2-amino-4-[aryl or alkyl]-4H-chromene-3-carbonitrile derivatives pp 1183-1186 Ali Akbaria* and Asghar Hosseini-Niab a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Jiroft, P. O. Box 8767161167, Jiroft, Iran. Department of Plant Protection National Research Station of Ornamental Plants, P. O. Box 37815-137, Mahallat, Iran. b NC O H H3C O + + CN H3C CN O BF3.SiO2 CH3 50 °C H3C NH2 O O H3C CH3 Lime juice as an efficient and green catalyst for the synthesis of 6-amino-4- aryl-3methyl-1,4-dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole-5-carbonitrile derivatives pp 1187-1192 Mehrnoosh kangania, Nourallah Hazeria*, Khatereh Khandan-Baranib, Mojtaba Lashkaric, and MalekTaher Maghsoodloua a Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, P.O. Box 98135 – 674, Zahedan, Iran. Department of chemistry, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran. c Faculty of Sciences, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Esfahan, Iran. b 1175 O NH2NHR H3C lime juice H O Ar OEt O NC Ar (2ml) NC 100 OC H2N CN O CH3 N N R R= Ph , H Bismuth (III) bromide, catalyzed synthesis of new benzoin ethers pp 1193-1196 Anvar Mirzaei* Department Of Chemistry, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran. O O n-Butanol + BiBr3 25 mol% Ph Ph 30 equiv. OH Ph Ph DCE, 80 oC Bu + H2O O pp 1197-1202 A green and novel three-component one-pot synthesis of tetrahydrobenzopyran, pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine, and 3,4-dihydropyrano[c]chromene derivatives using sodium acetate Malek Taher Maghsoodlou*, Mohyeddin Safarzaei, Mir Rasul Mousavi, Nourallah Hazeri, Jasem Aboonajmi and Moheb Shirzaei Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sistan & Baluchestan, P. O. Box 98135-674 Zahedan, Iran. R O N H O NH CN NH X O O NH2 NH R O O CHO a a CN X + X= O, S b CN R b a CN O O NH2 b OH a: NaOAc (5 mol%) O O b: EtOH, H2O, 50oC R O CN O O NH2 A convenient and simple synthetic route to dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidinetriones catalyzed by ZnO nanoparticle thin-film pp 1203-1209 Shahrzad Abdolmohammadi a*, Fatemeh Rafieia and Akram Hosseinianb a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, PO Box 33955-163, Tehran, Iran and Fax: +98-21-3359 4332. b Department of Engineering Science, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. 1176 O Ar O R H O (2) NH2 N R ZnO NPs Thin-Film + O O H2 N NH2 N H2O, 70 0C O R Ar N NH N N H O R (1) (3) (4) (R = H , CH3) Efficient and easy Knoevenagel condensation of arylaldehydes with ethyl cyanocinnamate/thiazolidindione catalyzed by KF–Al2O3 pp 1211-1216 Alireza Salimi Beni a*, Masoumeh Azaria, Alireza Najafi Chermahinib and Maryam Zarandia a Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yasouj University, Yasouj 75918-74831, Iran. Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. b O S ArCHO + O KF-Al2O3 /CH3CN or CH3CO2H/ Solvent free H N CHAr S O O NH 85 °C Synthesis and characterization of new 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles in water: a greener approach pp 1217-1220 Mehrdad Mahkam*, Zeinab Namazifar, Mehdi Nabati and Javad Aboudi Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran. One-pot three-component synthesis of α-amino phosphonates using 2,3dibromosuccinic acid as catalyst under solvent-free conditions pp 1221-1226 Nourallah Hazeri * and Jasem Aboonajmi Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sistan & Baluchestan, P. O. Box 98135-674 Zahedan, Iran. O Ar1 H 1 + Ar2 H N 2 Ar2 H N OR 2,3-Dibromosuccinic acid (1 mol %) O + P Ar1 P H RO OR Solvent-free, rt RO OR 4a-4ah 3 1177 Synthesis and in-vitro antimicrobial activity of aminomethylene bisphosphonates pp 1227-1234 Nemallapudi Bakthavatchala Reddy, Chereddy Syama Sundar, Balam Satheesh Krishna, Kandula Madhu Kumar Reddy and Cirandur Suresh Reddy* Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati-517 502, India. R NH2 (1a-j) O OEt 2 H P OEt CH(OEt)3, 100 0C Nano TiO2 10-30 min 2 EtO EtO O P O OEt P OEt NHR (3a-j) 1178