A Novel Approach in Cinnamic Acid Synthesis Direct Synthesis of Cinnamic Acids from Aromatic Aldehydes and Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of Boron Tribromide.docVIP

Molecules 2005, 10, 481–487 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 A Novel Approach in Cinnamic Acid Synthesis: Direct Synthesis of Cinnamic Acids from Aromatic Aldehydes and Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of Boron Tribromide Constantin I. Chiriac?, Fulga Tanasa and Marioara Onciu Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry “Petru Poni”, Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda 41 A, Iasi – 700487 Romania * Autor to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: cchiriac@poni.icmpp.tuiasi.ro Received: 2 July 2004; in revised form: 2 February 2005 / Accepted: 3 February 2005 / Published: 28 February 2005