ISRAEL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, Vol. 12, No.5, 9174 pp. 971-976 ... THE REACTION OF CROTONIC ACID WITH ALDEHYDES USING LITHIUM NAPHTHALENIDE ... Tsutomu Fujita, Shoji Watanabe, Kyoichi Suga and Tomoyasu Nagase Department ofApplied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Yayoicho, Chiba, Japan 280 ... ABSTRACT Lithium naphthalenide reacts with crotonic acid in the presence of diethylamine to give an ...