N-(3-nitrophenyl)-3-oxobutanamide → HCID 68125441, compound

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A mixture of 33 g of m-nitro-acetylacetanilide, 38.1 g of methyl orthoformate and 13 drops of 36° Be sulfuric acid was allowed to stand for 16 hours and after the addition of 40 drops of quinoline and 150 ml of toluene, the mixture was heated to 130° C. while distilling of the methanol formed as an azeotrope. The mixture was cooled and vacuum filtered and the recovered precipitate was crystallized from acetone to obtain 24 g of m-nitro-3-methoxy-crotonanilide melting at 187° C.

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