Ethanol → HCID 18427787, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium (0.126 g, 5.5 mmol) was dissolved in 15 mL of ethanol and 20 mL of dioxane was added followed by 1.59 g (5.0 mmol) of 3,3-bis-methylthio-2-(3-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-acrylonitrile and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 4 hours and let stir overnight at room temperature. This compound was relatively unstable to aqueous conditions and was not isolated as such. Instead, an aliquot of the mixture was stripped and the product was identified by 300 MHz proton NMR: NMR (DMSO d6): 1.14 (6H, tJ=7), 3.45 (4H, q, J=7), 7.44-8.16 (4H, m).

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