Novel and Efficient Organocatalytic Biginelli Reaction Using 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid

A highly efficient synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones/thiones in 2-ethylhexanoic acid as green, low cost and recoverable catalytic medium, illustrates good synthetic utility of this method.

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