Supporting information The synthesis of coumarin derivatives using Choline chloride/zinc chloride as a deep eutectic solvent Fariba Keshavarzipour, Hossein Tavakol* Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran. Fax: +98-31-33913241; E-mail: h_tavakol@cc.iut.ac.ir , hosein_ta@yahoo.com List of Contents Experiment Section S2 Spectroscopic Data of the Catalyst and Product S3 FT-IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR Spectra of the Compound S4-S10 S1 Experimental Section: General information All chemical compounds have purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and Merck companies and used without further purifications. Melting points were determined using Gallen Kamp melting point apparatus. Thin layer chromatography was used to monitor the reaction and check purities. IR spectra (KBr) were recorded by JASCO FT-IR and 1HNMR spectra and 13 CNMR spectra were recorded by Brucker Ultrashield 400 MHz. NMR chemical shifts were expressed in ppm versus the chemical shift of tetramethylsilane (TMS) as internal reference. Preparation of Deep Eutectic Solvent The preparation method involved reaction of ChCl (1 mol) with ZnCl2 (2 mol) at 100 °C to obtain a clear solution that will be used without further purification. General procedure for synthesis of coumarin derivatives In a 50 mL round-bottom flask equipped with condenser arranged on magnetic stirrer, 1mmol of salicylaldehyde (or its derivatives) and 1mmol of diethylmalonate (or similar structures) was added to 10 mol% DES to and reaction mixture was stirred at 80°C in oil bath. The reaction was monitored by TLC to show the completion of reaction. After terminating reaction, 2.5 mL of water was added and precipitated product was filtered and dried. The product was purified by crystallization using ethanol. The filtrate, containing catalyst, was recycled directly in next runs without further purification. S2 Original spectra and spectroscopic data of the catalyst and products N The DES: OH Cl2Zn-Cl Elemental Anal. For the above compound: (C,14.75; H, 3.42; N, 3.4) Found: (C, 14.54; H, 4.037; N, 3.48). S3 O OMe O O methyl 2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carboxylate (1a) Elemental Anal. C11H8O4 C, 64.71; H, 3.95; O, 31.34, Found: C, 64.42; H, 3.640; O, 31.331. S4 CN O O 2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carbonitrile (1b) 1 HNMR (CDCl3); δ (ppm): 7.45(t, 2H), 7.67(d, 1H), 7.77 (t, 1H), 8.32(s, 1H). 13 CNMR (CDCl3); δ (ppm): 103.77, 113.96, 117.56, 117.89, 129.15, 129.73, 136.00, 152.29, 155.02, 156.88. MS (EI): 171(M+, 100), 143(97), 115(37), 88(21), 63(15). O Ph O O S5 3-benzoyl-2H-chromen-2-one (1c) Yield 95%: yellow Solid. m.p. 148-149oC; S6 O C HO O OMe O methyl 7-hydroxy-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carboxylate (2a) IR nmax=cm-1: 3550, 3470, 1739, 1617; 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSOd6) d 3.85 (s, 3H), 6.72 (d, J¼1.8 Hz, 1H), 6.88 (dd, J¼8.2 and 1672 H.1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (d, J¼8.2 Hz, 1H), 8.67 (s, 1H); 13 C NMR (75MHz, DMSO-d6) d 52 .5, 110.4, 111.5, 112, 132, 132.8, 150, 150.5, 156.7, 163.8, 165.9. S7 CN HO O O 7-Hydroxy-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carbonitrile (2b) IR (KBr) (mmax/cm-1): 3395 (broad), 2227, 1720, 1638; 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) d 7.13 (dd, J ¼ 8.85, 2.41 Hz, 1H), 7.15 (d, J ¼ 2.41 Hz, 1H), 7.78 (d, J ¼ 8.85 Hz, 1H), 8.78 (s, 1H), 8.81 (s, 1H, OH); 13C-NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6) d 104.25, 114.45, 117.85, 121.12, 128.05, 133.32, 138.68, 154.58, 159.46, 161.09; Anal. Calcd (%) for C10H5NO3: C, 64.18; H, 2.69; N, 7.48. Found (%): C, 64.25; H, 2.71; N, 7.51. O Br OMe O O methyl 6-bromo-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carboxylate (3a) Yield 94%: yellow Solid. m.p. 180-182oC; S8 Br CN O O 6-Bromo-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carbonitrile (3b) IR (KBr) (mmax/cm-1): 2223, 1732, 1641; 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) d 7.15 (d, J ¼ 7.36 Hz, 1H), 7.25 (dd, J ¼ 7.36, 1.96 Hz, 1H), 7.41 (d, J ¼ 1.96 Hz, 1H), 8.82 (s, 1H); 13CNMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6) d 105.52, 114.32, 116.02, 119.98, 128.63, 131.08, 138.78, 152.42, 157.86, 160.32; Anal. Calcd (%) for C10H4BrNO2: C, 48.03; H, 1.61; N, 5.60. Found (%): C, 48.20; H, 1.64; N, 5.65. S9 O C Br O Ph O 3-benzoyl-6-bromo-2H-chromen-2-one (3c) 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6-TMS): 8.78 (s, 1H, Ar- H), 8.19 (s, 1H, Ar-H), 7.31-7.88 (m, 7H, Ar-H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d6-TMS): 192.3, 158.3, 152.7, 139.7, 137.4, 134.6, 134.2, 130.0, 129.6, 129.3, 127.0, 126.7, 126.3, 122.4, 119.1, and 118.1. S10