• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권8호
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• pp.2431-2435
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• 2013

A simple and efficient method for the synthesis of spiro[4H-pyran-oxindole] derivatives by means of three-component reactions between isatins, malononitrile or ethyl cyano-acetate, and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds in the presence of catalytic amount of magnesium perchlorate in 50% aqueous ethanol medium has been described.