Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(2-Oxopropyl)benzoic acid

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Concentrated hydrochloric acid (367 ml) was added dropwise to a mixture of 1-(4-carboxyphenyl)-2-nitroprop-1-ene (61.17 g) and iron powder (61.17 g) in dioxan (500 ml) at reflux. The heating was continued for 1 hour at the end of addition. The solution was cooled, water added, the dioxan evaporated and the residue extracted with chloroform and dried (MgSO4). Removal of the solvent gave a solid which was recrystallised from ethyl acetate to give 26 g of the title compound. τ(d6DMSO) 7.83 (3H, s), 6.14 (2H, s), 2.69 (2H, d, J=9 Hz), 2.05 (2H, d, J=9 Hz).

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