Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 54523957, compound

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2-Acetyl-1,3-cyclopentanedione (3.03 g.) was treated with 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (5.05 g.) in 50 ml. of dimethylsulfoxide at 80° C for 13 minutes in the presence of 4 ml. of morpholine. After cooling, 80 ml. of 1 N hydrochloric acid was added to the reaction mixture, depositing a crystalline product. The solid was collected by filtration, and washed with water and ethanol successively, and it was then dried. The Claiseu-Schmidt condensation product, 2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamoyl)-1,3-cyclopentanedione, (1.3 g.) was obtained in an orange crystalline form, which showed mp. 274°- 275° C after recrystallization from dioxane.

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