Diethyl Succinate → HCID 66755625, compound

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Sodium ethylate (36.3 g, 0.53 mol) was added under vigorous stirring to a solution of 3-thiophenecarboxaldehyde (50 g, 0.44 mol) and diethyl succinate (116 g, 0.66 mol) in ethanol (1 L). The reaction mixture was refluxed for 8 h and evaporated in vacuum (˜20 mmHg) at 50° C. until the solvent distillation ceased. The obtained residue was diluted with 500 mL of 10% HCl and 500 mL of ethyl acetate. The mixture was shaken. The organic layer was separated, diluted with 500 mL of a saturated aqueous solution of NaHCO3, and aqueous layer shaken. The was separated, neutralized by 10% HCl to pH 2, and subjected to extraction by 1 L of ethyl acetate. The organic layer was evaporated in vacuum (˜20 mmHg) at 60° C. and chromatographed on a layer of silica gel (200×150 mm; hexane/ethyl acetate mixture, 1:1). Fractions with the target product were collected and evaporated in vacuum to give 61 g (0.25 mol, 57%) of 3-(ethoxycarbonyl)-4-(2-thienyl)but-3-enoic acid as a light-brown oil.

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