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An expedient “on-water” synthesis of quinoxalines

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An expedient and eco-friendly method for synthesis of quinoxalines and related compounds by the reaction of various 1,2-diketones with 1,2-diamines “on water” has been developed. The method gives very good to excellent yield of the products within 0.5–4 h.

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Acknowledgments

Financial assistance from the UGC-CAS and DST-PURSE programs, Department of Chemistry is gratefully acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge the DST-FIST program to the Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University for providing the NMR spectral data. SS and AD are thankful to CSIR, New Delhi for their Research Fellowships.

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    Swati Samanta, Arpita Das Gupta & Asok K. Mallik

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Samanta, S., Das Gupta, A. & Mallik, A.K. An expedient “on-water” synthesis of quinoxalines. Monatsh Chem 145, 1669–1673 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-014-1242-5

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