Abstract
A first example of environmentally benign zinc complex catalyzed one-pot four-component reaction between malononitrile, ketone, ammonium acetate and aromatic aldehyde for the facile synthesis of fully substituted pyridines just within 2 min in environmentally friendly solvent ethanol has been optimized.
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Acknowledgements
RK thanks the MHRD, New Delhi for a research fellowship.