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The Knoevenagel conden
sation of aldo
se
sugar
s with
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s/gifchar
s/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle">-dicarbonyl compound
s produce
s furan derivative
shaving polyhydroxyalkylated alkyl
side chain
s; thi
s reaction i
s known a
s the Garcia Gonzalez reaction.De
spite the fact that the
se polyhydroxyalkyl furan
s are intere
sting
scaffold
s for
synthetic chemi
st
s toutilize in the
synthe
si
s of a variety of biologically intere
sting molecule
s, the reported approach
suffer
sfrom har
sh condition
s. The development of a general and more efficient protocol i
s of con
siderableimportance, and in thi
s manu
script, we wi
sh to explore the role of the NaI in enhancing the activity ofCeCl
3·7H
2O a
s a u
seful water-tolerant Lewi
s acid promoter for the Garcia Gonzalez reaction. The procedureproceed
s with good yield
s at 50
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s/entitie
s/deg.gif">C u
sing our
sy
stem
supported on SiO
2 in
solvent-free condition
s andrepre
sent
s a
simple and convenient methodology for the preparation of den
sely functionalized molecule
s.Furthermore, the fir
st qualitative re
sult
s obtained on mechani
stic inve
stigation on the role of iodide onthi
s our heterogeneou
s reaction may be of value for optimization of exi
sting organic tran
sformation
s andfor the development of new one
s.