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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 33, 2003 - Issue 3
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An Improved Synthesis of (E)-Cinnamic Acid Derivatives via the Claisen–Schmidt Condensation

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Pages 427-434 | Received 15 Oct 2001, Published online: 17 Aug 2006
 

Abstract

A variety of (E)-cinnamic acid derivatives are prepared in high yields through the Claisen–Schmidt condensation in the presence of sodium metal and a catalytic amount of methanol with toluene employed as the co-solvent.

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