Ethyl (2E)-3-ethoxy-2-butenoate → HCID 178488530, compound

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A mixture of 2-(4-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)-3-methyl-1H-pyrrol-1-amine (0.23 g, 1.06 mmol), ethyl trans-3-ethoxycrotonate (0.17 g, 1.06 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonic acid (0.01 g, 0.053 mmol) in CHCl3 (7.0 mL) was refluxed with a Dean-Stark tube charged with molecular sieves for 24 h. After cooling down to room temperature, the mixture was concentrated in vacuo to dryness and the residue was subjected to column chromatography (silica gel, 1/4 EtOAc/heptane) to give 0.194 g (65%) of beige foam as the desired product: mp 234–237° C.; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.22 (d, J=8 Hz, 1H), 6.89–6.87 (m, 1H), 6.84–6.79 (m, 1H), 6.54 (br s, 1H), 5.94 (br s, 1H), 3.85 (s, 3H), 2.34 (s, 3H), 2.18 (s, 3H), 2.08 (s, 3H); MS m/z 283.2 (M++H).

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