An expeditious approach to Knoevenagel condensation of Meldrum's acid on neutral alumina using microwave irradiation

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 868-871

  Chakrabarty, Manas ^a   Mukherjee, Ratna ^a   Chakrabarty, Manju ^b   Arima, Shiho ^c   Harigaya, Yoshihiro ^c  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BETHUNE COLLEGE   (India)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Araldehydes; Knoevenagel condensation; Meldrum's acid; Microwave; Neutral alumina

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845889480     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017806779117076     Document Type: Article

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