Acetic Acid → 3-((3-Nitrophenyl)methylene)-2,4-pentanedione

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A mixture of 3-nitrobenzaldehyde (20 g), acetylacetone (13.25 g), acetic acid (1.58 g), and piperidine (0.45 g) in benzene (20 ml) was refluxed for 1 hour under azeotropic dehydration. To the reaction mixture was added diethyl ether (100 ml). The mixture was washed with water (50 ml) and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride (50 ml) successively, dried over magnesium sulfate, and evaporated in vacuo. The residual substance was recrystallized from ether to afford 1-acetyl-1-(3-nitrobenzyliden)acetone(16.5 g).

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