1-Methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene → HCID 86720824, compound

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1-Methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene (10.0 mL, 89 mmol) was added to a suspension of (E)-methyl 3-(4-(diethoxymethyl)phenyl)acrylate (2.41 g, 9.13 mmol) and 10% palladium on carbon (2.4 g) in ethanol (40 mL). The reaction mixture was heated at 60° C. for 1.5 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite and the filter cake washed with further ethanol. The solvent was evaporated at reduced pressure to afford the title compound (2.15 g, 89%).

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