Abstract

α-Hydroxyketones were prepared in appreciable yields at a very high speed, (by the benzoin condensation) under microwave irradiation using a catalytic amount of thiamine hydrochloride, from various aromatic as well as heteroaromatic aldehydes. They can be used as intermediates in NCE synthesis.

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