Table 3.

Henry reaction of benzaldehyde with nitromethane over SA/LDH-Mg₂Al-80 in different solvents ^a.

Entry	Solvent	Conversion of 1 (%)	Selectivity to 2 (%)	Selectivity to 3 (%)
1	Nitromethane	96.8	2.7	97.3
2	Ethanol	28.4	11.7	88.3
3	Dichloromethane	49.0	6.0	94.0
4	Toluene	41.6	5.0	95.0
5	DMF	5.9	15.8	84.2
6	Water	16.7	32.3	67.7
7	THF	27.7	21.8	78.2

^a Reaction conditions: SA/LDH-Mg₂Al-80, 50 mg; benzaldehyde, 1 mmol; o-xylene, 0.1 g; nitromethane, 5 mmol; solvent, 4.73 mL; time, 6 h; reaction temperature, 80 °C; SA/LDH-Mg₂Al-80 was activated by calcination at 723 K for 2 h before use.