A Route to Dicyanomethylene Pyridines and Substituted Benzonitriles Utilizing Malononitrile Dimer as a Precursor.docVIP

Molecules 2011, 16, 298-306; doi:10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article A Route to Dicyanomethylene Pyridines and Substituted Benzonitriles Utilizing Malononitrile Dimer as a Precursor Noha M. Helmy 1,*, Fatma E. M. El-Baih 1, Monirah A. Al-Alshaikh 1 and Moustafa S. Moustafa 2 1 Women Students-Medical Studies Sciences Sections, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kuwait, Safat 13060, Kuwait *