Acetic Acid → HCID 15576529, compound

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To a well stirred suspension of sodium borohydride (5 g) in a mixture of dioxane (100 ml) and absolute ethanol (30 ml) was added dropwise a solution of 1-(2-nitroethenyl)-3,5-dimethoxybenzene (12.6 g) in dioxane (100 ml) over a 100 ml) over a 1 hour period. Following addition the mixture was stirred for an additional 45 minutes period. To the resulting suspension were added ice-water (120 ml) and 50% aqueous acetic acid (10 ml). Agitation was maintained for 1 hour and the clear solution was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was extracted with ethyl acetate/water, the organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride and dried over magnesium sulfate. Evaporation of solvents afforded the crude title compound (10.8 g). Trap to trap distillation under high vacuum (0.05 Millibars) at 180° C. yielded 1-(2-nitroethyl)-3,5-dimethoxybenzene as a colorless oil (6.8 g).

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