Knoevenagel condensation
Condensación de Knoevenagel
- Date
- 1894 · confidence medium
- Place
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Credited to
- Emil Knoevenagel
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
An organic reaction, a variant of the aldol condensation, in which a compound with an active hydrogen adds to a carbonyl group and then dehydrates to give an alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone.
What it led to
- Hantzsch pyridine synthesis
- The Gewald reaction and Feist–Bénary furan synthesis
Built on
- Aldol condensation