Water → [3-[2-(4-Dibutylamino-2-methoxyphenyl)vinyl]-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexenylidene]acetonitrile

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To 0.23 g (9.6 mmol) of sodium hydride, 20 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added. To this mixture, 1.39 g (7.85 mmol) of diethyl cyanomethylphosphonate was added dropwise under ice cooling. To the mixture, 1.21 g (3.15 mmol) of 3-[2-(4-dibutylamino-2-methoxyphenyl)vinyl]-5,5-dimethyl-2-cyclohexenone in tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise. After the reaction mixture was stirred at 50° C. overnight, water was added thereto and extraction with ethyl acetate was performed. The extract was washed with a saturated saline solution, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 1.05 g of an orange oily matter (yield: 82.0%).

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