Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 2-[4-(2-oxo-1-cyclopentylidenemethyl)phenyl]propionate

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A mixture of 5.15 g of ethyl 2-(p-formylphenyl)propionate and 4.5 g of morpholinocyclopentene in 10 ml of benzene was heated under reflux for 10 hours. After cooling, a mixture of 5 ml of conc. hydrochloric acid and 5 ml of water was added to the reaction mixture under ice-cooling and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. After addition of 100 ml of benzene, an organic layer was separated, washed with water and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off to leave an oily substance, which was then distilled under reduced pressure to give 5.3 g of the desired product having a boiling point of 160°-165° C./0.25 mmHg.

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