Electrocatalytic multicomponent assembling of aldehydes, 4-hydroxycoumarin and malononitrile: An efficient approach to 2-amino-5-oxo-4,5-dihydropyrano(3,2-c)chromene-3-carbonitrile derivatives

2-Amino-5-oxo-4,5-dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromene-3-carbonitrile derivatives are obtained in excellent yields by a simple, mild and efficient procedure by an electrocatalytic multicomponent chain transformation of aryl aldehydes, 4-hydroxycoumarin and malononitrile under neutral and mild conditions by electrolysis in an undivided cell in the presence of sodium bromide as an electrolyte.

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