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Knoevenagel condensation was carried out in absence of solvent with a mild Lewis acid Lanthanum(III) chloride, to prepare substituted alkenes. A systematic study of the reaction to establish the generality of the method has been undertaken with various aldehydes and active methylene compounds.
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