Author(s):
Santosh V. Nalage,
Ajay P. Nikum,
Mohan B. Kalyankar,
Vijay S. Patil,
Umesh D. Patil,
Kamlesh R. Desale,
Shamkant L. Patil and
Sidhanath V. Bhosale
The reaction of ketone, aldehyde, ethyl cyanoacetate and ammonium acetate in polyethylene glycol-600 is reported. The reaction proceeds smoothly in the absence of catalyst to yield 2-Pyridones.