Supporting Information Cage Like Al-KIT-5 Mesoporous Materials For C-C Bond Formation Reactions Under Solvent Free Conditions Pranjal K. Baruaha *, Prantu Dutta a, Pranjal Kalitab* a Gauhati University, GUIST, Department of Applied Sciences, Guwahati- 781014, Assam, India Email: pranjal@gauhati.ac.in b The Energy and Resources Institute, Energy Environment Technology Division, Darbari Seth Block, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110 003, India Email: Pranjal.Kalita@teri.res.in The representative NMR data for both Mukaiyama-aldol and Michael reactions are compared with the literatures and given in supporting information [1]. Table 5, Entry 1; Methyl 3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-3-(4-nitrophenyl) propanoate: Pale yellow solid, mp. 112-114 ºC (petroleum ether: ethyl acetate = 4:1)1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 8.14 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.46 (d, J= 8.7 Hz, 2H), 4.97 (d, J = 4.2 Hz, 1H), 3.69 (s, 3H), 3.49 (d, J = 4.2 Hz, 1H), 1.10 (s, 3H), 1.08 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) 177.8, 147.5, 147.4, 128.6, 122.9, 77.7, 52.4, 47.7, 22.7, 19.2. Table 5, Entry 2; 3-Hydroxy-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-1-phenylpropan-1-one: Pale yellow solid, mp. 112-114ºC (petroleum ether: ethyl acetate = 3:1),1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 8.25 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.94 (d, J = 8.2 MHz, 2H), 7.64-7.59 (m, 3H), 7.51-7.45 (m, 2H), 5.51-5.39 (m, 1H), 3.84 (d, J = 2.9 Hz, 1H), 3.40-3.37 (m, 2H); C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) 199.5, 150.3, 13 147.3, 136.2, 134.1, 128.8, 128.3, 126.6, 123.8, 69.1, 46.9. Table 5, Entry 4; Methyl 3-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2, 2-dimethylpropanoate: White solid; mp. 79-80 ºC (petroleum ether: ethyl acetate = 3:1), 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) 7.19 (d, J = 8.6 Hz, 2H), 6.83 (d, J = 8.6 Hz, 2H), 4.82 (s, 1H), 3.78 (s, 3H), 3.68 (s, 3H), 3.23 (bs, 1H), 1.11 (s, 3H), 1.06 (s, 3H); 13 C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) 178.5, 159.3, 132.4, 128.9, 113.3, 78.5, 55.4, 52.3, 48.0, 23.1, 19.2. Table 5, Entry 6; Methyl 2,2-dimethyl-5-oxo-3,5-diphenylpentanoate: White solid, mp. 88-89 ºC (petroleum ether: ethyl acetate = 20:1)1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 7.89 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.53-7.45 (m, 1H), 7.45-7.40 (m, 2H), 7.27-7.18 (m, 5H), 3.80 (dd, J1 = 10.2 Hz, J2 = 3.6 Hz, 1H),3.67-3.58 (m, 4H), 3.27 (dd,J1 = 16.8 Hz, J2 = 3.3 Hz, 1H), 1.22 (s, 3H), 1.15 (s, 3H);13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) 198.3, 177.7, 140.0, 137.0, 132.9, 129.3, 128.5, 127.9, 127.8, 126.8, 51.8, 47.8, 46.1, 39.9, 24.8, 21.6. Table 5, Entry 7; 1,3,5-Triphenylpentane-1,5-dione: White solid, mp. 83-85 ºC (petroleum ether: ethyl acetate = 20:1)1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) 7.89 (m, 4H), 7.57-7.52 (m, 2H), 7.477.43 (m, 4H), 7.29-7.26 (m, 4H),7.22-7.18 (m, 1H), 4.09-4.03 (m, 1H), 3.50 (dd, J1 = 16.7, J2 = 7.1, 2H), 3.36 (dd, J1 = 16.7, J2 = 7.0, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) 198.6, 143.8, 136.9, 133.0, 128.6, 128.5, 128.1, 127.4, 126.7, 44.9, 37.2. References: 1. (a) Fringuelli F, Lanari D, Pizzo F, Vaccaro L (2010) Green Chem 12:1301 (b) Song JJ, Tan Z, Reeves JT, Yee NK, Senanayake CH (2007) Org Lett 9:1013 (c) Fujisawa H, Nakagawa T, Mukaiyama T (2004) Adv Synth Catal 346:1241 (d) Li WDZ, Zhang XX (2002) Org Lett 4:3485 (e) Mukaiyama T, Nakagawa T, Fujisawa H (2003) Chem Lett 32:56 (f) Geanisson Y, Gorrichon L (2000) Tetrahedron Lett 41:4881 (g) Tozawa T, Fujisawa H, Mukaiyama T (2003) Chem Lett 33:1454 (h) Nakagawa T, Fujisawa H, Nagata Y, Mukaiyama T (2005) Bull Chem Soc Jpn 78: 236 (i) Xia Y, Liu Z, Xiao Q, Qu P, Ge R, Zhang Y, Wang J (2012) Angew Chem Int Ed 51:5714