Dimethylformamide → (E)-3-Dimethylamino-1-phenyl-propenone

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A mixture of acetophenone (8.0 g, 66.58 mmol, 1.0 eq) and DMF (5.8 g, 79.90 mmol, 1.2 eq.) in 10.0 mL of DMA in a 25-mL microwave vial was irradiated at 115° C. for 0.5-1 h. The crude reaction mixture was triturated with n-hexane, and the resultant solid was filtered to afford the title compound as a pale yellow solid (3.4 g. 29.3% yield). [M+H] Calc'd for C11H13NO, 176. Found, 176.

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