Abstract
An efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of dithienylmethanes via bisarylation of aldehydes with thiophene in the presence of melamine trisulfonic acid as a catalyst under solvent-free conditions.
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Acknowledgments
We are pleased to acknowledge the financial support from Xinxiang Medical University.