title: Ethyl 2-acetyl-3-(4-chloro-anilino)butanoate.
abstract: The title compound, C(14)H(18)ClNO(3), adopts an extended conformation, with all of the main chain torsion angles associated with the ester and amino groups trans. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are observed.
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authors.lastname: Narasimhamurthy
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