“…Amines with electron-withdrawing group, such as, 3-bromo, 4-nitro and 3-chloroaniline, gave the desired product in good yields (Table 4, entries 3, 8, 10). Generally, the Mannich reaction of 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, 4-nitroaniline and cyclohexanone is very difficult because of the presence of electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups in aldehyde and amine, respectively 43) and also, no report exists in literature for the synthesis of Mannich product from these substrates. However, in present case, excellent yield of prod- uct was obtained from these substrates (Table 4, entry 8).…”