a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;b Department of Chemistry, Sichuan University of Arts and Sciences, Dazhou 635000, China
Abstract:
Direct aldol reactions of aldehydes and ketones can proceed smoothly in the presence of a catalytic amount of naphthol/sodium naphtholate(5 mol%) to afford the corresponding products with yields up to 98%.Such a bifunctional catalyst is more moderate than strong acid or base employed in direct aldol reactions.