Water → 1-Acetyl-3-[[3-methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]methylene]piperazine-2,5-dione

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To a stirred mixture of crude 3-methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzaldehyde and 1,4-diacetylpiperazine-2,5-dione (1.98 g) in a mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide (10 ml) and tert-butanol (10 ml) was added potassium tert-butoxide (1.12 g) at 5° C. The mixture was stirred for 18 hours at room temperature. Water (30 ml) and ethyl acetate (100 ml) were added to the mixture and the organic layer was separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extract was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with 50% of ethyl acetate in hexane as an eluent to give 1-acetyl-3-[[3-methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]methylene]piperazine-2,5-dione (2.11 g) as a powder.

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