Sulphated alumina tungstic acid (SATA): a highly efficient and novel heterogeneous mesostructured catalyst for the synthesis of pyrazole carbonitrile derivatives and evaluation of green metrics.

A novel mesostructured catalyst sulphated alumina tungstic acid (SATA) has been prepared by an easy route. Various techniques such as IR, XRD, SEM, EDX, TEM, TGA and BET were used to characterize the synthesized catalyst. The catalytic activity of the meso material has been explored by synthesizing a series of new pyrazole carbonitrile derivatives from aromatic aldehydes, ethylcyanoacetate, phenylhydrazine/hydrazine hydrate in ethanol under reflux conditions. Furthermore, the "greenness" of this protocol when estimated by green metrics, displayed satisfactory results. The protocol is free from column chromatography, and toxic solvents and is more efficient as compared to reported ones.