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A solution of 3-methyl-p-anisaldehyde (23.13 g, 154 mmol) and nitromethane (9.40 g, 154 mmol) in MeOH (260 ml) was cooled in an ice bath and treated dropwise with NaOH (162 ml of 1N solution; 162 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 1 hr. Water (50 ml) was then added and the mixture poured into 1N HCl (300 ml). The precipitate was collected and purified by flash chromatography on silica gel eluting with dichloromethane to provide methyl 2-methyl-4-[(E)-2-nitroethenyl]phenyl ether as a yellow solid (14.61 g; 49% yield).

1. customThe precipitate was collected
2. custompurified by flash chromatography on silica gel eluting with dichloromethane