Organic Communications

Year: 2014  Volume: 7  Issue: 4

 

  ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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Yttrium (III) chloride catalyzed Mannich reaction: An efficient procedure for the synthesis of β-amino carbonyl compounds

Venkateswarlu Yekkirala, Ramesh Kumar Sudhagani and Leelavathi Panuganti

Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, A. P., India

Abstract: Yttrium (III) chloride catalyzed Mannich reaction of aldehydes with ketones and amines in acetonitrile at reflux temperature to give various β-amino carbonyl compounds in very good yields.

Keywords: β-Amino carbonyl compounds; YCl 3; aromatic aldehyde; ketone and amines. © 2014 ACG Publications. All rights reserved.