Potassium Carbonate → HCID 54344046, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 2.3 g (10 mmol) 4-[2-(4-chloromethylphenyl)-ethenyl]-pyridine, 1.2 g (10 mmol) 4-hydroxybenzonitrile, 1.4 g potassium carbonate and 10 ml butanone is heated under reflux for 18 h, filtered, the filtrate evaporated, taken up in ethyl acetate, washed with water, dried and evaporated. One obtains 2.0 g of title compound (64% of theory) of the m.p. 147°-149° C.

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