Sodium hydride → Methyl (2E)-3-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoate

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1 ml (5.5 mmol) of methyl diethylphosphonoacetate are added to a suspension of 220 mg (5.5 mmol) of sodium hydride at 60% in 5 ml of tetrahydrofuran cooled to 0° C. After stirring for 1 h, 500 mg (4.5 mmol) of 1-methyl-1H-imidazole-4-carbaldehyde are added and the mixture is stirred for 4 hours at ambient temperature and then hydrolysed with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase is washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate, dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered and evaporated. The product obtained is precipitated from heptane and filtered. 430 mg of methyl (E)-3-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)acrylate are obtained in the form of a yellow powder with a yield of 57%.

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