%0 Journal Article %T Preparation of diethyl malonate adducts from chalcone analogs containing a thienyl ring %A Yakup Budak %A M. Burcu G¨ırdere %A Meryem Ke eci %A Mustafa Ceylan %J Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia %D 2010 %I Chemical Society of Ethiopia %X Nine chalcone-diethyl malonate derivatives (4a-i) were prepared by the reaction of chalcone derivatives (3a-i) with diethyl malonate in the presence of a catalytic amount of KOt-Bu in CH2CI2 in good to excellent yields. The products were characterized by FTIR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and elemental analyses. KEY WORDS: Michael addition, Chalcone, KOt-Bu, Diethyl malonate Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2010, 24(1), 85-91. %U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/bcse/article/view/52964