Diethylamine → (E)-N,N-Diethyl-4-oxo-2-pentenamide

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To flame dried flask containing (E)-4-oxo-2-pentenoyl chloride (1.16 g, 8.76 mmol) in ether cooled to -15° C. is added diethylamine (1.41 g, 19.28 mmol) in ether (5 ml) and stirred for 2 hours while being warmed to ambient temperature. The solvents are removed in vacuo, and chromatographed on silica gel (230-400 mesh, 100 ml), eluting with hexane/ethyl acetate (75/25). The appropriate fractions are combined (Rf =0.31, TLC, hexane/ethyl acetate, 25/75) and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound, NMR (CDCl3) 7.15, 7.04, 3.45, 3.40, 2.33, 1.20, 1.15.

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