Abstract
A microwave-assisted, environment friendly, high yielding, time saving synthesis of medicinally important 3-substituted isocoumarins was carried out in a single step by the direct condensation of homophthalic acid with aryol and acyl chlorides under the solvent-free conditions without any solid support. The synthesized isocoumarins were structurally characterized by microanalysis, 1H-NMR, EI, IR and UV.
Keywords: microwave-irradiation, homophthalic acid, substituted isocoumarins