Acetaldehyde → HCID 86639358, compound

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Adopting methods and procedures according to Iyer, et al., Synth. Commun. 1995, 25(18), 2739, chloroethyl methyl (2E)but-2-ene-1,4-dioate was prepared from methyl hydrogen fumarate (MHF), acetaldehyde, and anhydrous zinc(II) chloride in anhydrous dichloromethane (DCM). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ 6.95 (d, J=16.0 Hz, 1H), 6.85 (d, J=16.0 Hz, 1H), 6.60 (q, J=5.2 Hz, 1H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 1.83 (d, J=5.2 Hz, 3H).

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