Itaconic acid → HCID 67988894, compound

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100 ml of toluene were admixed with 4.4 g (0.04 mol) of resorcinol and 6.32 g (0.04 mol) of the ethyl monoester of itaconic acid, and also 8.8 g of Amberlyst 15 resin from Aldrich. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours and then filtered off to cooling. The filtrate was concentrated and purified by flash chromatography on a silica column (eluent CH2Cl2: MeOH=50:1), to give, following recrystallization from a 3/1 hexane/ethyl acetate mixture, 4.6 g (46% yield) of the expected lactone C2 in the form of a white solid.

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