“…[19] Moreover, as one of the polynitrogen electron-rich backbone heterocycles, tetrazoles [20] occupy an outstanding position in the arena of therapeutic and pesticidal chemistry due to a diversity of biological and pharmacological activity. [21,22] On one hand, Tetrazoles and its derivatives contain significant antiviral, [23] antibacterial, [24] antimicrobial, [25] antiinflammatory, [26] and anticancer [27] properties, among them such prominent drug molecules as antihypertensive drugs Losartan [21] and its resemblance or the peptidase inhibitor CGS-26303; [28] on the other hand, they also display various pesticidal activity and are used as insecticides, [29] fungicides, [30] and plant growth regulators. [31] In view of these findings of the utility unique structural feature of tetrazolo heterocyclic compounds and anthraquinones in the immense biological activities and their therapeutic effect, as a part of our own attention research for the synthesis of this classes of compounds, herein we attempted to describe an efficient and mild conditions protocol for the synthesis of novel (1H-tetrazole-1-yl) anthracene-9,10-dione via a one-pot cyclization of amino anthraquinones, triethyl orthoformate and sodium azide in the presence of a catalytic amount of p-TSA in acetic acid at room temperature as a part of a wider programme to provide amended protocols for the synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds.…”