Abstract
The Knoevenagel condensation of aromatic aldehydes was carried out in DMF as solvent on KF-Montmorillonite catalyst, using malononitrile and ethyl cyanoacetate as the acidic methylene reagents. Only the e isomers of the products were obtained and confirmed by X-ray analysis.
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