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SUBMITTER: Gu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6271378 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20140212 2
An efficient method for the facile synthesis of (E)-monoarylidene derivatives of homo- and heterocyclic ketones with various aldehydes in the presence of a pyrrolidine organocatalyst has been achieved. A range of α,β-unsaturated ketones were obtained in moderate to high yields (up to 99%). Unlike the Claisen-Schmidt condensation process, the formation of undesired bisarylidene byproducts is not observed. The possible reaction mechanism suggests that the reaction proceeds via a Mannich-eliminatio ...[more]