%0 Journal Article %T Sinthetic study of some beta-aminoketones using thiazolidine as catalyst %A ¨¦rica Cristina da Silva %A Ana Claudia da S. Lima %A Paula Vanessa de S. Rizzo %A Andrelson W. Rinaldi %J Orbital : the Electronic Journal of Chemistry %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul %X Mannich reaction is one of the most widely used in organic chemistry. In this reaction, there is a insertion of a aminomethyl group on the ¦Á position to the carbonyl group. Such reaction has numerous applying in organic chemistry in the synthesis of product with biological interest, such as analgesics and antibiotics. To form the Mannich¡¯s bases a catalyst is needed and, with this purpose, the thiazolidines were used. Thiazolidines are cyclic compounds of five members which contain on the position 1 the sulphur atom and on the position 3 the nitrogen one. All the reactions were carried out at room temperature involving cyclopetanone, formaldehyde and various imines (aniline, p-chloroaniline and p-toluidine) (Scheme 1). The products of interest were satisfactorily obtained and their structures were confirmed through spectrometric methodologies. %K Mannich reactions %K thiazolidines %K theoretical calculations %U http://www.orbital.ufms.br/index.php/Chemistry/article/view/378