tert-Butanol → HCID 11048119, compound

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341.5 g (1.16 moles) of 4-chloro-4'-methanesulphonylbenzophenone, prepared in example 2, 310 ml (1.85 moles) of ethyl succinate and 195.5 g (1.74 moles) of potassium t-butoxide are successively added to 2.5 litres of t-butanol. The temperature rises to 40-45° C., the mixture is stirred for 7 hours at room temperature after this exothermic reaction and is then poured into iced water. After acidification to pH 3 with hydrochloric acid, the mixture is extracted with diethyl ether. The organic phase is washed with water, dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated in vacuo. The oil obtained is dissolved in diethyl ether and then left overnight at room temperature. The crystals formed are filtered off and dried to provide 102 g of (Z)-3-ethoxycarbonyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-(4-methanesulphonylphenyl)but-3-enoic acid as crystals with a melting point of 184-186° C. after recrystallisation from isopropanol. The evaporation of the filtrate allows the recovery of 219 g of a mixture consisting of 82% of the (E)-isomer and 18% of the (Z)-isomer.

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