Hydrochloric Acid → (E)-3-(4-chloro-3-hydroxy-phenyl)-acrylic acid ethyl ester

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(E)-3-(4-Amino-3-hydroxy-phenyl)-acrylic acid ethyl ester (236 g, 13.3 mmol) was suspended in HCl solution (6N, 4 ml), and sodium nitrite solution in water (960 mg, 14 mmol) was added at 0° C. The resulting suspension was added at 0° C. to a solution of copper (I) chloride (2 g, 16 mmol) in concentrated HCl (4 ml). The mixture was slowly warmed to RT and heated to 60° C. for 30 min., shaking occasionally. Then it was cooled to RT, diluted with water and extracted with DCM, which was dried and evaporated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography, eluant petroleum ether/AcOEt 90:10, to give 1.46 g of (E)-3-(4-chloro-3-hydroxy-phenyl)-acrylic acid ethyl ester as a white solid.

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