Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Chloroethyl 2-[(3-nitrophenyl)methylidene]-3-oxobutanoate

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10 Grams of 3-nitrobenzaldehyde and 11 g of 2-chloroethyl acetoacetate were dissolved in 100 ml of toluene, then under an ice-cooled condition, hydrogen chloride gas was introduced into the solution for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature for 2 days, and was concentrated. The residue obtained was extracted with chloroform, then the chloroform layer was washed with a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution and with a saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution and dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Chloroform was removed by distillation and the residue was recrystallized from isopropanol to yield 10 g of 2-chloroethyl 2-(3-nitrobenzyliden)acetoacetate in the form of colorless needle-like crystals.

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