p-Toluenesulfonic acid → HCID 5388617, compound

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Reaction Steps

A solution of 4-cyanobenzaldehyde (2 g, 15.3 mmol), ethyl acetoacetate (1.98 g, 15.3 mmol), piperidine (65 mg, 0.76 mmol), and p-toluenesulfonic acid (131 mg, 0.76 mmol) in toluene (100 ml) is stirred under an argon atmosphere at reflux for 72 hours in a flask equipped with a Dean-Stark trap. The crude reaction mixture is concentrated in vacuo to afford an oil which is chromatographed over silica gel with cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 20:1 as eluent.

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