Water → HCID 14047059, compound

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1,5-Bis(4-methylphenyl)-1,4-pentadien-3-one (20aa, 0.32 g, 1.2 mmol) was dissolved in dimethyl formamide (9 ml). Methylamine (51, 0.5 ml, 5.8 mmol, 40% in water) was added and the mixture stirred for 72 hr at room temperature. The mixture was poured into water (50 ml) and stirred for 2 hr at room temperature. The resulting mixture was extracted into ethyl acetate, washed with saturated sodium chloride, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to afford a solid. The crude solid was chromatographed on silica gel with ethyl acetate/hexane to afford a solid that was recrystallized from ethanol to give 0.26 g (75%) of a white solid: mp 120-121° C. [expected mp 105-107° C.]; 1H NMR δ 1.79 (s, 3H), 2.36 (s, 6H), 3.10 (d, 2H, J=14.9 Hz), 2.79 (t, 2H, J=13.1 Hz), 3.35 (dd, 2H, J=11.9, 2.4 Hz), 7.15 (d, 4H, J=8.0 Hz), 7.21 (d, 4H, J=7.9 Hz); 13C NMR: δ 21.2, 40.7, 50.9, 70.0, 126.9, 129.4 137.2, 140.2, 207.1.

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