Abstract

A high nitrogen-containing triazine-based microporous polymeric (TMP) network was used as an efficient metal-free catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation of ethylcyanoacetate with aromatic aldehydes. The reactions were performed in water as an environmentally benign medium, under microwave irradiation within a short reaction time of 10 min. The conversions of substituted aromatic aldehydes and selectivities for Knoevenagel products were found to be in the ranges of 44–99 and 65–99 %, respectively. The electron-withdrawing substituent showed higher conversion and selectivity as compared to electron-donating substituents. The TMP network can be readily recovered and reused up to three runs without loss in catalytic activity and selectivity.

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