Formaldehyde → HCID 59438505, compound

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To a stirred solution of 2.11 g (26.88 mmol) ammonium acetate in 15 ml ethanol under nitrogen at room temperature, was added 980 ul (13.44 mmol) formaldehyde (37% in water), followed by a solution of 3 g (13.44 mmol) rac-4-Nitro-4-phenyl-butyric acid methyl ester in 7.5 ml ethanol. The mixture was refluxed for 26 hours then cooled to room temperature and the solvent was evaporated. Water was added. The resulting suspension was stirred for 15 minutes, filtered, rinsed with water, then with diethyl ether and dried in vacuo to provide 2.49 g (y: 84.1%) of the title compound as a white solid. MS (m/e): 221.2 (M+H).

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