Polyethylene glycol in water: A simple, efficient and green protocol for the synthesis of quinoxalines

Abstract

A variety of biologically important quinoxaline derivatives has been efficiently synthesized in excellent yields under extremely mild conditions using PEG-600 and water. This inexpensive, non-toxic, ecofriendly and readily available system efficiently condensed several aromatic as well as aliphatic 1,2-diketones with aromatic and aliphatic 1,2-diamines to afford the products in excellent yield. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) can be recovered and recycled. © Indian Academy of Sciences.