Beta-Nitrostyrene → Ethyl 2-acetyl-4-nitro-3-phenylbutanoate

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To a solution of (2-nitro-vinyl)-benzene (2.135 g, 14.3 mmol) in ether (30 mL) at 0° C. was added ethyl acetoacetate sodium salt (2.29 g, 14.3 mmol) portionwise in half minute; after addition, the mixture was stirred at that temperature for 1 hour; then it was diluted with EtOAc, washed with diluted hydrochloride aqueous solution and saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution respectively, the organic phase was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated, oil-pumped to dryness to give a brown oil, the crude titled product (4.266 g); 1H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm)=7.4-7.2 (m, 5H), 4.73 (d, 1H, J=5.9 Hz), 4.2-3.9 (m, 4H), 2.30 (s, 3H), 1.01 (m, 3H).

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