Triphenylphosphine-m-sulfonate/carbon tetrabromide as an easily recoverable catalyst system for the efficient synthesis of xanthene and xanthenone derivatives under solvent-free conditions

A solid complex,readily prepared from commercially available sodium triphenylphosphine-m-sulfonate（TPPMS） and carbon tetrabromide,can be used as an easily recoverable and reusable catalyst system for one-pot condensation of 2-naphthol with aldehydes to construct 14-aryl（alkyl）-14H-dibenzo[a j]-xanthene derivatives and one-pot condensation of 2-naphthol with aldehydes and cyclic 1 3-dicarbonyl compounds to construct 12-aryl（alkyl）-8 9 10 12-tetrahydrobenzo[a]xanthen-11-one derivatives.

Novel generation of 9H-furo[3,2-b]chromen-9-ones from (E)-3-hydroxy-2-styrylchromones by excited state intramolecular proton transfer

Photocyclisation of substituted （E）-3-hydroxy-2-（V-methyl-2＇-phenylvinyl）-4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyrans to yield linear novel tricyclic 9H-furo[3,2-b]chromen-9-ones and angular fused tetracyclic xanthenones is described.