Benzonitrile → HCID 53389669, compound

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According to AVV A, (Z-3-(4-ethoxyphenylamino)-but-2-enoic acid methylester (235.3 mg, 1.0 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) was stirred with Cu(OAc)2 (544.9 mg, 3.0 mmol, 3.0 equiv.) into benzonitrile (3.0 ml, 29.4 mmol, 29.4 equiv.) for 14 hours at 120° C. The olive-green oily raw product (490.3 mg) was purified by means of column chromatography (silica gel (50 g), pentane/EtOAc 95:5→0:100). The desired product was obtained in the form of a white solid (291.0 mg, 0.87 mmol, 87%).

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