Dq. Shi et al., A CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF (3-OXO-1,3-DIARYL) PROPYLPROPANEDINITRILE CATALYZED BY KF-ALUMINA, Synthetic communications, 28(21), 1998, pp. 4003-4007
A series of (3-oxo-1,3-diaryl) propylpropanedinitriles were synthesize
d by Michael addition reaction of chalcones and malononitriles in the
presence of potassium fluoride on alumina.