Sodium hydride → HCID 23046167, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred suspension of 60% sodium hydride (1.01 g) in dry tetrahydrofuran (60 ml), 80% triethyl 4-phosphonocrotonate (6.57 g) was added dropwise below 10° C. under an inert atmosphere. After being stirred for 30 minutes, a solution of 4-[(2-methoxyethoxy)methoxy]-3,5-dimethylbenzaldehyde (5.0 g) in dry tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was added thereto below 10° C. After stirring for 2 hours, the reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate (100 ml), washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off and the residue was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel (130 g) and eluted with a mixture of n-hexane and ethyl acetate (7:3 V/V). The fractions containing the object compound were combined and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a syrup of ethyl 5-[4-{(2-methoxyethoxy)methoxy}-3,5-dimethylphenyl]-(2E,4E)-2,4-pentadienoate (5.28 g).

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