Tetrahedron

Selective synthesis of 1-indanones via tandem knoevenagel condensation-cycloalkylation of β-dicarbonyl compounds and aldehydes

G Sartori, R Maggi, F Bigi, C Porta, X Tao, GL Bernardi…

Index: Sartori, Giovanni; Maggi, Raimondo; Bigi, Franca; Porta, Cecilia; Tao, Xiaochun; Bernardi, Gian Luca; Ianelli, Sandra; Nardelli, Mario Tetrahedron, 1995 , vol. 51, # 44 p. 12179 - 12192

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Aromatic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds react with not enolizable aldehydes in the presence of C 2 H 5 MgBr or AlCl 3 affording 2-carbethoxy- and 2-acetyl-1-indanones via tandem Knoevenagel condensation-cycloalkylation process. ... The use of hard Lewis acids such as AlCl 3 , ...