Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 14842375, compound

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A mixture of 30.4 g of 2',4'-dihydroxyacetophenone, 28.8 g of ethyl levulinate, 21.3 g of pyrrolidine, and 400 ml of toluene was stirred and refluxed for 3 hours with removal of water by means of a Dean-Stark trap. The resulting mixture was cooled in an ice bath and treated with 300 ml of 1.2N aqueous hydrochloric acid. After being stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes, the mixture was treated with ether and the aqueous layer was separated. The organic solution was washed with 1.2N hydrochloric acid. The aqueous acidic solutions were combined and extracted twice with ether. The organic solutions were combined, washed with water, saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and brine, then dried (magnesium sulfate), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residual red oil (42 g) was chromatographed on 400 g of silica gel. Elution with 9:1 toluene-ethyl acetate gave 32.3 g (58.1%) of racemic-3,4-dihydro-7-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-oxo-2H-1-benzopyran-2-propanoic acid ethyl ester as an orange, viscous oil.

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