Aldol condensations are integral to the everyday lives of humans because they are commonly used to make ubiquitous items.  Aldol condensations have the ability to form carbon-carbon bonds and their products make solvents and plasticizers and are an important intermediate step in many perfumes and pharmaceuticals.  One traditional solvent for this reaction is ethanol which has been ridiculed for its environmental impact.  Because of the wide-spread use of aldol condensations in industry, the possibility of replacing ethanol is significant.  One possible replacement is the deep eutectic solvent choline chloride urea which is reusable and environmentally friendly to produce and use.  The purpose of this study is to ascertain the effectiveness of replacing ethanol with choline chloride urea in a couple of general aldol condensations and determine whether the procedure can be fine-tuned to make a better product.  Its effectiveness will be determined by comparing the yields of the different solvents.

Green chemistry: Choline chloride/urea in aldol condensations

245th National Meeting (2013)

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