Nitroethane → HCID 72491400, compound

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To 2.93 g of 3 was added 5 mL of nitroethane with stirring. Approximately 5-6 g of Amberlyst A-21 was added, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture was filtered and the ion exchange resin was rinsed four times with 25 mL of dichloromethane. The filtrate was dried over anhydrous MgSO4, and the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation, which afforded 3.53 g (90%) of a mixture of stereoisomers of the desired nitro alcohol 4. 1H NMR δ (ppm) 5.2 (t, CH3C(CH3)═CH and CH2C(CH3)═CH), 4.4 (m, CHNO2), 2.2 (br s, CHOH), 2.0 (m, C═CHCH2CH2C(CH3)═CHCH2), 1.6-1.7 (all s, CH3C(CH3)═CHCH2CH2CCH3), 1.5 (d, CH3CHNO2), 1.2-1.5 (m, CH2CH(CH3)CH2), 0.9 (d, CH2CH(CH3)CH2).

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