Methyl diethylphosphonoacetate → HCID 69204803, compound

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(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)methanone (0.50 g, 4.95 mmol), (diethoxyphosphoryl)acetic acid methyl ester (2.29 g, 9.90 mmol), and lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide (1.0 M solution in THF, 9.90 ml, 9.90 mmol) were treated in the same manner as described above for the synthesis of 3-(3,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-3-(3-methoxy-phenyl)-acrylonitrile. The crude yellowish oil was purified via preparative HPLC to give 3-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-3-(3,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-acrylic acid methyl ester as a light yellow oil (0.45 g, 25%): 1HNMR (CDCl3) δ 6.89-6.72 (m, 2H, Ar), 6.49-6.36 (m, 4H, Ar), 6.28 (s, 1H, double bond proton), 3.92 (s, 3H, OCH3), 3.82 (s, 3H, OCH3), 3.75 (s, 6H, 2OCH3), 3.64 (s, 3H, OCH3). Anal. Calcd. For C20H22O6+1.06 H2O: C, 63.60; H, 6.45. Found: C, 63.22; H, 5.88.

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