Acetic Acid → 2-(4-Hydroxy-3-nitrobenzylidene)acetylacetone

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A mixture of 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzaldehyde (43.5 g), acetylacetone (26 g), acetic acid (3.12 g) and piperidine (1.03 ml) in benzene (26 ml) was refluxed for 1 hours under azeotropic dehydration. To the reaction mixture was added 100 ml of diethyl ether. The mixture was washed with water (100 ml) and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride (50 ml), dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo to afford 2-(4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzylidene)acetylacetone (55.0 g).

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