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Highly Selective Claisen—Schmidt Condensation Catalyzed by Silica Chloride under Solvent-Free Reaction Conditions. — A new application of silica chloride as an efficient catalyst for the highly selective large-scale synthesis of bisarylidene cyclo-alkanones and chalcones is described. — (HAZARKHANI*, H.; KUMAR, P.; KONDIRAM, K. S.; GADWAL, I. M. S.; Synth. Commun. 40 (2010) 19, 2887-2896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00397910903340637 ; Div. Org. Chem., Natl. Chem. Lab., Pune 411 008, India; Eng.) — C. Cyrus

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