2'-Hydroxyacetophenone → HCID 20441917, compound

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24 g of pyrrolidine are added carefully, at under 30°, to a solution of 41 g of o-hydroxyacetophenone, 25 g of levulinic acid and 100 ml of toluene. The mixture is left to stand for 3 days at 25° and the solution is extracted by shaking with 150 ml of concentrated sodium carbonate solution. The aqueous phase is acidified with 2N HCl and then extracted by shaking with ether. The ethereal solution is concentrated and distilled, 14 g (20% of the theoretical yield) of 2-methyl-2-β-carboxyethyl-chroman-4-one being obtained: boiling point: 230°/0.1 mm Hg.

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