Author Topic: "green chem" cinnamaldehyde to benzaldehyde (Read 139 times)

akcom · « **on:** April 18, 2011, 07:44:17 PM »

Just for shits and giggles. Cinnamaldehyde to benzaldehyde in 70% yields. Solvent is water, only additional reagents are NaOH and a completely unwatched cyclic polysaccharide. 5hrs, 60C

Sedit · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2011, 08:05:22 PM »

I have not read the paper yet but perhaps this is some interest to you if you haven't seen it yet.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=2223&page=4

Author Topic: "green chem" cinnamaldehyde to benzaldehyde (Read 139 times)

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"green chem" cinnamaldehyde to benzaldehyde

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