Acetic Acid → HCID 4330068, compound

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4-Bromophenylhydrazine hydrochloride (15 g), ethyl pyruvate (11 ml) and acetic acid (1 ml) were dissolved in ethanol and heated to reflux for 2 hours, then cooled to room temperature, resulting in precipitation of a yellow solid, which was filtered off and dried in vacuo to give the ethyl pyruvate 4-bromophenylhydrazone (16.3 g, 71%), mp 153-154°; NMR δ (CD3SOCD3) 1.23 (t, 3H), 2.03 (s, 3H), 4.18 (q, 2H), 7.19 (d, 2H), 7.40 (d, 2H), 9.88 (brs, 1H); M/z (−) 285 (M+), 283, 171, 169, 113.

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