Methanol → HCID 18796983, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium metal (0.46 g, 20 mmol) was added to methanol (20 mL) and allowed to react until metallic sodium was consumed. To the solution was added the product from Example 32A (0.485 g, 2.0 mmol) and the reaction was heated to reflux for 2 h. The reaction was quenched in sat. aq. NH4Cl and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to yield 0.410 g (86%) of the title compound: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.88(s, 3H), 4.02 (s, 3H), 6.74 (d, 1H), 7.77 (d, 1H).

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