Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 57440925, compound

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Reaction Steps

A 2 L flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer was charged with 183 g of 2-nitro-4-chlorobenzaldehyde, 212 g of 4-bromophenylacetic acid and 233 mL of acetic anhydride. To this solution was added 82 g of potassium carbonate and the reaction was stirred overnight at 100° C. The resulting dark mixture was cooled down to room temperature and 1.6 L of water was added followed by 800 mL of 10% HCl. The solution was decanted and taken up in water/ethyl acetate. Layers were separated, organic phase was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulphate and volatiles were removed under reduced pressure. The residue was triturated in EtOH and the mother liquor was triturated 4 more times with EtOH to afford 219 g of the desired (2E)-2-(4-bromophenyl)-3-(4-chloro-2-nitrophenyl)acrylic acid.

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