Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 14937509, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution (60 mL) of ethyl 2-cyano-4-oxo-4-phenylbutanoate (5.0 g) in tetrahydrofuran was blown in hydrogen chloride (28 g) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hr. Then, nitrogen was blown in to remove hydrogen chloride. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent: hexane-ethyl acetate=6:1) to give the title compound as a pale-yellow solid (yield 4.24 g, 79%).

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