Nitromethane → 3-Methoxy--nitrostyrene

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Using an analogous reaction procedure and workup as described in Example 1, step 1, 3-methoxy-benzaldehyde (16.0 g, 118.518 mmol) in ethanol (160 mL) was reacted with nitro methane (7.0 mL, 118.518 mmol) and 10N NaOH (4.7 g, 118.518 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 4 hours to afford 10.5 g of the product (49% yield).

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