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Facile and efficient synthesis of xanthenedione derivatives promoted by niobium pentachloride

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From the journal Chemical Papers Volume 70 Issue 12

Abstract

Xanthenedione derivatives were synthesised in one-pot reactions between arylaldehyde derivatives and 1, 3-cyclohexanedione promoted by niobium pentachloride. This new method is simple, cost-effective, high-yielding with a good variety of substrates generality, and can be conducted within reasonable reaction times.

Keywords: niobium pentachloride; Lewis acid; xanthenedione derivatives; one-pot reactions

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Fundação de Amparo á Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal do Nível Superior (CAPES), and Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa da UNESP (PROPe-UNESP) for their financial support. The authors would also like to thank CBMM – Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração for the NbCl5 samples. The authors would also like to express their special thanks to N. B. Dias and M. S. Palma from the São Paulo State University in Rio Claro for their HR-MS analyses, and to Bannach, G., Guerra, R. B., Ferreira, L. T. and Alarcon, R. T. for their DSC analyses.

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Supplementary data associated with this article can be found in the online version of this paper (DOI: 10.1515/chempap-2016-0098).

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Received: 2016-1-5
Revised: 2016-5-5
Accepted: 2016-5-16
Published Online: 2016-9-28
Published in Print: 2016-12-1

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Keywords for this article
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