“…Acetoacetanilide, a very useful chemical intermediate in the production of pigments (Whitaker, 1986(Whitaker, , 1987(Whitaker, , 1988Whitaker & Walker, 1987;Brown & Yadav, 1984) possesses cardiotonic, antihypertensive and anti-thrombic properties (Grissar et al, 1982). The title compound, (I), is used as an intermediate in the synthesis of acetoacetanilide and a variety of other biologically important heterocyclic compounds containing pyridine, pyrimidine and imidazole.…”