1. Department of Chemistry , V. G. Vaze College of Arts, Science, and Commerce , Mumbai, Maharashtra, India lakshravi@yahoo.com;3. Department of Chemistry , V. G. Vaze College of Arts, Science, and Commerce , Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Abstract:
The reaction of primary aromatic amines with aryl aldehydes is found to be catalyzed by cerium chloride heptahydrate under solvent-free conditions to give the corresponding Schiff bases in good yields.