Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 53942620, compound

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A mixture of 9.4 g of ethyl 2-cyclopentanonecarboxylate, 10.6 g of ethyl p-chloromethylphenylacetate, 3.58 g of potassium hydroxide and 60 ml of dimethyl formamide was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours, at 50° C. for 1 hour and thereafter at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was acidified by addition of acetic acid, dimethyl formamide was removed by distillation, water was added to the residue, and the mixture was extracted with ether. The extract was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent evaporated to give an oily substance, which was subjected to a vacuum distillation affording 12 g of the desired compound, b.p. 180°-190° C. at 0.8 mm Hg.

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