Acetic Acid → N-(3-methoxyphenyl)-N'-[1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethylidene]hydrazine

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A mixture of 3-methoxyphenylhydrazine hydrochloride (1.75 g), 2-nitroacetophenone (1.65 g), sodium acetate (0.82 g) and acetic acid (10 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 4 days. To the reaction mixture was added water, extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water, brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain the target compound (2.72 g).

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