Bicl3 Catalyzed Reaction of Aromatic Aldehydes With 5,5-Dimethyl-1, 3-Cyclohexandione in Ionic Liquids

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Bicl3 Catalyzed Reaction of Aromatic Aldehydes With 5,5-Dimethyl-1, 3-Cyclohexandione in Ionic Liquids

A. Thirupathaiah¹*, B. Prasanna¹, M. Ravinder¹, T. Sudhakar¹, J. Bhaskar¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Research Centre, Chaitanya Post Graduate College, (Autonomous), Warangal - 506 001 (India). ^²Department of Chemistry, Kakatiya University, Warangal - 506 009 (India).

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ABSTRACT:

The reaction of aromatic aldehydes 1 with 5, 5-dimethyl-1, 3-cyclohexandione 2 was investigated in this paper by using [bmim][BF4] as the reaction medium. It was found that when the reaction was carried out in the presence of catalytic amount of BiCl3, xanthenediones 3 was obtained in high yields.

KEYWORDS:

BiCl3; ionic liquids; xanthenedione