3,3-Diethoxy-1-propene → 3-(4-Cyano-2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenyl)-propionic acid ethyl ester

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The title compound was prepared from 4-bromo-3-ethyl-5-methyl-benzonitrile and commercially available acrolein diethyl acetal following literature procedures (G. Battistuzzi, S. Cacchi, G. Fabrizi, R. Bernini, Synlett (2003), 8, 1133-1136). LC-MS: tR=0.91 min; 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 1.2 (m, 6H), 2.38 (s, 3H), 2.44 (m, 2H), 2.70 (q, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 3.03 (m, 2H), 4.18 (q, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 7.30 (s, 1H), 7.34 (s, 1H).

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