Acetic Acid → (Z)-Ethyl 3-((2-amino-2-oxoethyl)amino)-3-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)acrylate

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A 5-L reaction vessel was charged with methanol (3.3 L), sodium methoxide (102.4 g, 1.8 moles), and glycinamide hydrochloride (202 g, 1.8 moles). The mixture was heated at 65° C. for 1 hour before cooling to 50° C. and adding acetic acid (514.25 mmoles, 30.88 g, 29.47 mL) and ethyl 3-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-oxopropanoate (300 g, 1.03 mole). After heating at reflux for 16 hours, the reaction mixture was stirred as it was cooled to 10° C. After 30 min the resulting solid was collected by vacuum filtration, pulling dry to form a cake that was dried in a vacuum oven (20 mm Hg, 65° C.) for 14 hours to afford the title compound (339.4 g).

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