1,3-Dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone → HCID 11858352, compound

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4-methoxybenzoyl chloride (2.35 g, 13.8 mmol), 0.65 g of cuprous chloride and 5.6 mL of 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone were added to crude 4-tert-butylacetophenone trimethylsilylenol (6.7 mmol). After stirring the solution for 20 hours at room temperature, 1.4 mL of triethylamine and 10 mL of chloroform were added. Then the solution was chromatographied through flash silica column (hexane/ethyl acetate 10:1). The first collected fraction was purified twice by flash chromatography (hexane/dichloromethane 3:2 and next, hexane/dichloromethane 4:1) giving 0.14 g of an uncolored oil corresponding to 1-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-vinyl 4-methoxybenzoate. Yield 7%.

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