Acetic Acid → HCID 291123, compound

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A mixture of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (4.6 g, 30 mmoles), hydantoin (3.0 g, 30 mmoles), β-alanine (1.4 g, 16 mmoles), and acetic acid (40 ml) is stirred under an inert atmosphere and heated to reflux. After 4 hours the mixture is stirred into water (350 ml) and the precipitate is filtered off, rinsed successively with water (3X), ethanol (2X), and ether (2X), and dried. Recrystallization from methanol afforded the pure product (3.0 g), mp 272°-273° C.

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