Acetic Acid → (Z)-ethyl 2-cyano-3-(4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl)but-2-enoate

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Ethyl cyano acetate (3.12 g, 27.6 mmol), ammonium acetate (123 mg, 1.76 mmol), acetic acid (0.2 ml, 3.5 mmol) were added successively to a stirred solution of 1-(4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl)ethanone (5.0 g, 23 mmol) in benzene (25 ml) and stirred for 36 h at 135-140° C. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude product. This was purified by column chromatography using 2% methanol in CHCl3 as eluent to afford (Z)-ethyl 2-cyano-3-(4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl)but-2-enoate as yellow liquid 2.30 g (32.4%).

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