Ethyl cyanoacetate → Ethyl 3-(4-bromophenyl)-2-cyanoprop-2-enoate

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4-Bromobenzaldehyde (3 g, 16.21 mmol) and ethyl cyanoacetate (1.9 ml, 17.84 mmol) in toluene was added piperidine (27 μl) and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 1 hour with a Dean-Stark separator. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, the residue triturated with warm ethyl acetate, filtered to yield the desired product as a yellow solid (4.03 g, 89% yield). LC/MS: (PS-A2) Rt 3.44.

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