Use of co-grinding as a solvent-free solid state method to synthesize dibenzophenazines

Many synthetic methods exist for dibenzoquinoxalines but only a few for dibenzophenazines and their aza derivatives and even less are ‘green’. Some dibenzophenazines and dibenzopyridoquinoxaline have been efficiently obtained with good to excellent yield by a very simple method which does not require use of solvent or catalyst. Solid phase synthesis using co-grinding presents thus many advantages in developing greener synthetic organic pathways.