Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 3-amino-3-phenylprop-2-enoate

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21 g of (97.2%) zinc dust are treated, according to Example 4, with 2% (by weight) aqueous hydrochloric acid. The zinc activated in this manner is placed into 75 ml of diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and 0.6 g of iodine is added. There is then added at 25° C. (if necessary with external cooling) a mixture of 16.7 ml of bromoacetic acid ethyl ester and 15.4 ml of benzonitrile. The mixture is stirred for 17 hours at room temperature, and subsequently processed basically analogously to Example 2. The β-aminocinnamic acid ethyl ester is obtained in 95% yield. When in the above Example the solvent diethylene glycol dimethyl ether is replaced by toluene or diethyl ether, the procedure being otherwise the same, there are likewise obtained good yields of β-aminocinnamic acid ethyl ester.

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