Nitromethane → HCID 18971326, compound

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537 ml (3.7 mol) of tert-butyl acrylate were added dropwise, at a bath temperature of 70° C., to an initially introduced solution of 2.0 l of nitromethane and 7 ml of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU), with the pH, which could possibly have declined due to traces of acrylic acid, being maintained constant by the addition of appropriate quantities of DBU. After the exothermic reaction had subsided (rise of temperature to 90° C.), the mixture was allowed to cool for 60 min and then washed several times with dilute aqueous hydrochloric acid and water, dried and concentrated under reduced pressure, with 660 g of a reddish-brown oil remaining which was further purified by distillation (bp5 : 90° C.).

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