3-Nitrobenzaldehyde → Ethyl 4,4,4-trichloro-2-(3-nitrophenylmethylene)-3-oxobutanoate

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3-Nitrobenzaldehyde (7.55 g, 50 mmoles), ethyl 4,4,4-trichloro-3-oxobutanoate (18.33 g, 59.5 mmoles), piperidine (0.66 ml) and hexanoic acid (0.33 ml) were heated at reflux in toluene (130 ml) for 48 hours using a Dean and Stark apparatus. The mixture was cooled, evaporated to dryness in vacuo and crystallised by trituration with ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (60°-80°). Recrystallisation from 2-propanol gave the sub-title compound (5.3 g) mp 105.5°-7°.

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