Abstract
Selective 1,4-additions (Michael reactions) on methyl vinyl ketone, methyl acrylate, simple and substituted chalcones by donors such as nitroalkane, malononitrile, diethylmalonate, cyanoacetamide and thiols were catalysed by solid base, modified Mg–Al hydrotalcite as catalyst in quantitative yields in liquid phase under mild reaction conditions. Products of undesirable side reactions resulting from 1,2-addition, polymerisation and bis-addition are not observed. The work-up procedure is simplified by simple filtration with the use of solid bases.
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