The aldol reactions of active methylene compounds

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2290-2301

  Di Mola, Antonia ^a   Massa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active methylene compounds; Aldol reactions; Heterocyclic compounds; Metal catalysts; Multi component reactions; Organocatalysis; Tandem reactions

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; KETONES;

'CURRENT; ACTIVE METHYLENE COMPOUNDS; ALDOL ADDITION; ALDOL REACTIONS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METAL CATALYST; MULTICOMPONENT REACTIONS (MCRS); ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANOCATALYSIS; TANDEM REACTION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84870180755     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527212803520218     Document Type: Article

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