Oxalic acid as an efficient, cheap, and reusable catalyst for the preparation of quinoxalines via condensation of 1,2-diamines with α-diketones at room temperature

2008 ARKIVOC  
A simple, highly efficient and green procedure for the condensation of aryl and alkyl 1,2diamines with α-diketones in the presence of catalytic amount of oxalic acid at room temperature is described. Using this method, quinoxaline derivatives as biologically interesting compounds are produced in high to excellent yields and short reaction times.
doi:10.3998/ark.5550190.0009.d04 fatcat:spm3h22tzvdxxbaijarls4yyym