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HRID 358392Generated: October 30, 2026

Methanol → Nifedipine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantMethanolHCID 887—
ReactantMethyl acetoacetateHCID 7757—
ReactantAmmonium HydroxideHCID 14923—
ReactantHCID 131713665HCID 131713665—
ProductNifedipineHCID 4485—

Reaction Conditions

Temperature15 °C

Reaction Steps

2-Nitrobenzaldehyde-diacetate (0.1 mole, 25.4 g), methyl acetoacetate (0.21 mole, 26 g), NH4OH (12 ml) and methanol (45 ml) were heated under reflux for 5 hours. After cooling to 15° C. the precipitated product was filtered off. The crystallization of the crude product from acetic acid yielded 4-(2'-nitrophenyl)-2,6 dimethyl-3,5-dicarbmethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridine (19.0 g, 55% of the theory), m.p. 173°-174° C.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04467093
Source datasetuspto-grants-1984_08
ORD IDord-cd45dff0420743c8985e0405aedb09ff
Source noteuspto-grants-1984_08