Abstract Dowex (strongly acidic cationic exchange resin) polymer is employed as solid acid catalyst for the clean and less hazardous protection of carbonyl compounds as phenylhydrazones and 2, 4??dintrophenylhydrazones in ethanol under reflux conditions. The reactions proceed very smoothly and the yields of the derivatives are excellent.
[Yoshimura, Akira; Banek, Christopher T.; Yusubov, Mekhman S.; Nemykin, Victor N.; Zhdankin, Viktor V. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 76, # 10 p. 3812 - 3819]