A Fast, Highly Efficient, and Green Protocol for Synthesis of Biscoumarins Catalyzed by Silica Sulfuric Acid Nanoparticles as a Reusable Catalyst
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Silica sulfuric acid nanoparticles have been prepared and shown to efficiently catalyse the reaction between an aromatic aldehyde or phenylglyoxal and a 4-hydroxycoumarin at reflux in EtOH to afford the biscoumarin derivatives in high yield.