• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.286-290
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• 2006

Rapid and facile syntheses of N-alkenyl lactam series via condensation between lactams and a variety of aldehydes such as n-propanal, isobutanal, n-butanal, n-hexanal, n-octanal and phenylacetaldehyde were studied under microwave or conventional heating. Various solid catalysts and solvents were examined to maximize the yields of condensation reactions.