Ethyl 2,4-dioxovalerate → Ethyl 2-(methoxyimino)-4-oxopentanoate

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A mixture of ethyl 2,4-dioxopentanoate (10.9 g, 68.7 mmol) and N-methoxyamine hydrochloride (4.01 g, 48.1 mmol) in ethanol (40 ml) was left to stand over molecular sieves 3A (25 g) for 18 h and diluted with dichloromethane (25 ml) The sieves was removed by filtration and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with 5% ethyl acetate/n-hexane to give the title compound (12.9 g, 34%).

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