Ethyl lactate as a tunable solvent for the synthesis of aryl aldimines

Jacqueline Bennett, Kaitlyn L. Charles, Matthew R. Miner, Caitlin F. Heuberger, Elijah J. Spina, M. Bartels, Taylor Foreman

Green Chemistry · 2009 · 93 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Ethyl L-lactate can be tuned with a cosolvent to create polarity conditions ideal for synthesizing aryl aldimines that crystallize directly out of solution within minutes under ambient conditions in excellent yields and requiring no further purification.

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