Diethyl (ethoxymethylene)malonate → HCID 178469636, compound

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A mixture of 30.6 g of 4-aminoveratrole and 43.2 g of diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate was heated at 100 for 2 h and at 165° C. for 0.75 h. The intermediate thus obtained was dissolved in 600 ml of diphenyl ether, and the resulting solution was heated at reflux temperature for 2 h, cooled, and diluted with hexane. The resulting solid was filtered, washed with hexane followed by ether, and dried to provide the title compound as a brown solid, mp 275-285° C.

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