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Facile Preparation of (2Z,4E)-Dienamides by the Olefination of Electron-deficient Alkenes with Allyl Acetate
Published on: June 21, 2017
(E)-Methyl 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)acrylate
Dong-Feng Li1, Xiao-Fei Zhu, Shuang Guan
1School of Chemistry and Life Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, C(12)H(11)NO(2), the indole and methyl acrylate mean planes are inclined at an angle of 10.6 (1)°. In the crystal, N-H⋯π inter-actions link mol-ecules into chains along [010] and weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds further consolidate the crystal packing.
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