Ammonia → HCID 20189398, compound

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Ethyl 4-fluoro-3-oxobutanoate (1.45 g, 10 mmoles), ethyl 2-(3-nitrophenylmethylene)-3-oxobutanoate (2.63 g, 10 mmoles) and aqueous ammonia (1.1 ml, d 0.88) were heated at reflux in ethanol (15 ml) for 6 hours. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue purified by chromatography on silica eluting with petroleum ether (60°-80° )/ether mixtures. Recrystallisation from ether/petroleum ether (60°-80° ) gave the title compound (1.1 g) as yellow crystals mp 139°-41°.

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