Water → Ethyl 3-cyclopropyl-3-(2-methoxypyridin-4-yl)acrylate

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere, to a suspension of 60% sodium hydride (2.99 g) in THF (200 ml) was added ethyl diethylphosphonoacetate (29.7 mL) at 0° C., and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 5 min. To the obtained colorless solution was added cyclopropyl(2-methoxypyridin-4-yl)methanone (4.42 g) at 0° C., and the mixture was heated under reflux for 1 hr. Water was added to the reaction mixture at room temperature, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water and saturated brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give a crude product of the title compound. This compound was used for the next step without further purification.

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