• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.54 no.6
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• pp.723-726
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• 2010

An efficient and simplified protocol for $NaHSO_4/SiO_2$ catalyzed solvent-free synthesis of $\beta$-enaminone and 2-methylquinolin-4(1H)-one derivatives under microwave irradiation is described. A series of functionalized derivatives have been synthesized in shorter reaction times with moderate to good yields. The use of milder catalyst in non-conventional method offers significant advantages over conventional methods, such as higher selectivities, simplicity, solvent-free reaction and non-environmental polluting conditions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.1170-1176
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• 2012

An efficient one-pot synthesis of acridinediones by $In(OTf)_3$-catalyzed reactions was developed starting from ${\beta}$-enaminones, aldehydes, and cyclic 1,3-diketones. The key strategies of these reactions involve domino Knoevenagel condensation/Michael addition/cyclodehydration reaction.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.767-771
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• 2008

Second-order rate constants have been measured spectrophotometrically for the Michael-type reaction of 1-(Xsubstituted phenyl)-2-propyn-1-ones (2a-f) with amines in $H_2O$ at 25.0 ${\pm}$ 0.1 ${^{\circ}C}$. A linear Brønsted-type plot is obtained with ${\beta}_{nuc}$ = 0.25 ${\pm}$ 0.02, a typical $\beta_{nuc}$ value for reactions which proceed through a stepwise mechanism with attack of amine on the electrophilic center being the rate-determining step. Secondary alicyclic amines are found to be more reactive than isobasic primary amines. The Hammett plot for the reactions of 2a-f with morpholine is not linear, i.e., the substrate with a strong electron-donating group (e.g., 4-MeO) exhibits a negative deviation from the Hammett plot. However, the Yukawa-Tsuno plot for the same reactions exhibits an excellent linear correlation with ρ = 0.62 and r = 0.82. Thus, it has been proposed that the nonlinear Hammett plot is not due to a change in the ra te-determining step but due to ground-state stabilization through resonance interactions.