Methyl acetoacetate → HCID 54721549, compound

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The title compound was prepared as described in General Method 1 using 2.0 mL of methyl acetoacetate, 0.8 g of NaH 60% dispersion in oil, 10 mL of 2.0M n-butyl lithium in hexane, 2.6 mL of 3-methylbenzaldehyde and 100 mL of tetrahydrofuran. After addition of the aldehyde, the reaction was stirred for 10 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. 137°-138° C.). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ2.38 (s, 3H), 2.88 (dd, 1H), 2.95 (dd, 1H), 3.57 (dd, 2H), 5.68 (dd, 1H), 7.16-7.33 (m, 4H).

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