[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:13])[C:4](=[O:12])[C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([OH:11])=[CH:7][CH:6]=1.[H-].[Na+].Cl[CH2:17]/[CH:18]=[CH:19]\[C:20]1[CH:25]=[CH:24][CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=1>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:13])[C:4](=[O:12])[C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([O:11][CH2:17]/[CH:18]=[CH:19]\[C:20]2[CH:25]=[CH:24][CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=2)=[CH:7][CH:6]=1A stirred mixture of 4-hydroxy-alpha-oxobenzeneacetic acid methyl ester (1.79 g) in dimethylformamide (30 mL) under argon was treated with 55% sodium hydride (0.432 g), stirred for 15 minutes and treated with (Z)-(3-chloro-1-propenyl)benzene (1.9 g). The mixture was heated at 60° C. overnight and worked up as in Example 20. The crude dichloromethane extract was purified by HPLC (dichloromethane-hexane; 4:1 ) and the resulting 1.9 g of analytically pure (Z)-alpha-oxo-4-[(3-phenyl-2-propenyl)oxy]benzeneacetic acid methyl ester failed to crystallize.
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