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Green Chem., 2009, 11, 166 - 168, DOI: 10.1039/b817379f


Ethyl lactate as a tunable solvent for the synthesis of aryl aldimines

Jacqueline S. Bennett, Kaitlyn L. Charles, Matthew R. Miner, Caitlin F. Heuberger, Elijah J. Spina, Michael F. Bartels and Taylor Foreman


Ethyl L-lactate can be tuned with a cosolvent to create polarity conditions ideal for synthesizing aryl aldimines that crystallize directly out of solution within minutes under ambient conditions in excellent yields and requiring no further purification.

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