Simple procedure for the synthesis of arylmethylenemalononitrile without catalyst

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1915-1920

  Wang, Xiang Shan ^a,b,c   Zeng, Zhao Sen ^a   Li, Yu Ling ^a,c   Shi, Da Qing ^a,c   Tu, Shu Jiang ^a,c   Wei, Xian Yong ^b   Zong, Zhi Min ^b  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arylmethylenemalononitrile; Knoevenagel condensation; Malononitrile

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; MALONONITRILE; METHYLENEMALONONITRILE; NITRILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; POLYMERIZATION; PURIFICATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 22144489116     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SCC-200064966     Document Type: Article

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