Acetic Acid → 2-Methoxyethyl 2-acetyl-3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-2-propenoate

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

5.0 g (35 mmol) of 2,4-difluorobenzaldehyde are dissolved with 5.7 g (35 mmol) of 2-methoxyethyl acetoacetate in 100 ml of isopropanol. A freshly prepared solution of 1.0 ml of piperidine and 0.5 ml of glacial acetic acid in 5 ml of isopropanol is added and the mixture is stirred at 40° C. overnight. The mixture is concentrated, the residue is taken up in toluene, this mixture is concentrated again and the residue is purified by filtration over 100 ml of silica gel (mobile phase: toluene/ethyl acetate 100:1) to give 5 g of the target compound as a yellow oil, which is immediately reacted further.

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