Facile Access to Aldol Products from Aromatic and  Heteroaromatic Aldehydes Using Ruthenium Catalyst

<table>Ruthenium-catalyzed cross-aldol reaction using RuCl<sub>3</sub><svg height="5.4499998" id="M36" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 4 5.4499998" width="4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

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Scheme 1: Facile Access to Aldol Products from Aromatic and  Heteroaromatic Aldehydes Using Ruthenium Catalyst 