A green procedure for one-pot synthesis of N,Ν΄-alkylidene bisamides under solvent- and catalyst-free conditions

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1 Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Green Chemistry, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran, Tehran, P.O. Box 14335-186, Iran.

Abstract

An effective solvent- and catalyst-free method was introduced for synthesis of symmetrical N, N’-alkylidene bisamides as high usage compounds in organic chemistry. In order to show the generality, the synthesis was done with various benzamides and aldehydes to obtain various derivatives in high yields.

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