Synthetic Communications · 2004 · 24 citations · 30 references
PharmacyChemistryMedicinal ChemistryGreen ChemistryNatural Product BiosynthesisSynthetic Medicinal ChemistryNatural Product DerivatizationSafer Chemical SynthesisAldehydesKnoevenagel Condensation
Abstract A simple one pot method, involving sequential Knoevenagel condensation of Meldrum's acid with aromatic aldehydes, conjugate reduction of ylidene Meldrum's acid using sodium borohydride followed by alkylation, to prepare mixed dialkylated derivatives of Meldrum's acid is described.
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Clean synthesis in water: uncatalysed preparation of ylidenemalononitriles
Franca Bigi, Maria Lina Conforti, Raimondo Maggi et al. · Green Chemistry · 2000 · 131 citations