Ak. Mitra et al., Solvent-free microwave enhanced Knoevenagel condensation of ethyl cyanoacetate with aldehydes, SYN COMMUN, 29(16), 1999, pp. 2731-2739
A high yielding and fast method of Knoevenagel condensation of ethyl cyanoa
cetate with various aldehydes under microwave irradiation using environment
-friendly ammonium acetate in the absence of any solvent is described.