Knoevenagel condensation of aldehydes with Meldrum's acid in ionic liquids

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2605-2613

  Tahmassebi, Daryoush ^a   Wilson, Levi J A ^a   Kieser, Jerod M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active methylene compounds; Ionic liquid; Knoevenagel condensation; Meldrum's acid

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; IONIC LIQUID; PIPERIDINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; KNOEVENAGEL CONDENSATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67650330833     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802663345     Document Type: Article

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