Silver(i)–N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed multicomponent reactions: a facile synthesis of multisubstituted pyridines†
Abstract
A four component one-pot reaction between aromatic aldehyde, malononitrile, ammonium acetate and ketone mediated by Ag(I) N-heterocyclic carbene to produce multisubstituted and fused pyridines in a short reaction time (∼10 min) in ethanol at room temperature is described.