Methyl acetoacetate → HCID 54721729, compound

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The title compound was prepared as described in General Method 1 using 10 mL of methyl acetoacetate, 3.7 g of NaH 60% dispersion in oil, 58 mL of 1.6M n-butyl lithium in hexane, 10.9 mL of p-tolualdehyde and 250 mL of tetrahydrofuran. After addition of the aldehyde, the reaction was stirred for 15 minutes at 0° C. then allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. The crude product was triturated from diethyl ether to afford a solid (m.p. 138°-139° C.). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 2.39 (s, 3 H), 2.93 (dd, 2 H), 3.58 (dd, 2 H), 5.69 (dd, 1 H), 7.23-7.31 (m, 4 H).

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