Nitromethane → o-Chloro-beta-nitrostyrene

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Using an analogous reaction procedure and workup as described in Example 1, step 1, 2-chloro-benzaldehyde (5 g, 35.7142 mmol) in ethanol (161 mL) was reacted with nitro methane (1.93 mL, 35.7142 mmol) and 10N NaOH (1.35 g, 33.9607 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hr to afford 4.5 g of the product (75.73% yield).

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