Ethanolamine → 2-(Nitromethylidene)-1,3-oxazolidine

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p-Toluene sulfonic acid (0.5 g) was added to a boiling solution of 1,1-bis-methylsulfanyl-2-nitro-ethene (I-1b: 20 g, 12.13 mol) in ethanol (200 mL). This was followed by the addition of ethanolamine (7.4 g, 12.13 mmol) and the resulting mixture was heated to reflux for 12 hours. The reaction mixture was monitored by TLC (100% ethylacetate). The reaction mixture was concentrated, 300 mL of water added and resultant filtered. The filtrate was further concentrated and was followed by the addition of acetone. The reaction mixture was refluxed for 1 hour, cooled to room temperature, and filtered. The acetone layer was concentrated to afford 4.1 g of the crude product which was used in the next step without further purification.

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