[H-].[Na+].[C:3]1([CH:9]([C:15]([O:17][CH2:18][CH3:19])=[O:16])[C:10]([O:12][CH2:13][CH3:14])=[O:11])[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1.[H][H].Br[CH2:23][CH2:24][CH2:25][C:26]#[N:27]>CN(C)C=O>[C:26]([CH2:25][CH2:24][CH2:23][C:9]([C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)([C:10]([O:12][CH2:13][CH3:14])=[O:11])[C:15]([O:17][CH2:18][CH3:19])=[O:16])#[N:27]
A 50% mineral oil dispersion containing 16.8 g (0.7 mol) of sodium hydride was placed in a 3-liter, three-necked, round-bottom flask and washed free of oil with 500 ml of dry hexane. To this was added 1.2 liters of dry dimethylformamide (DMF) and 165.4 g (0.7 mol) of diethyl phenylmalonate (Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis.). After hydrogen ceased to be evolved (3.5 hours), 104.2 g (0.7 mol) of 4-bromobutyronitrile (Aldrich Chemical Co.) was added, and the reaction heated at 65° C. overnight. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the residue suspended in 1 liter of ethyl acetate. It was filtered, the filtrate reevaporated, and the residue evaporatively distilled at 170° C./0.1 mm to give 168 g (79% yield) of the diester (15) as a yellow liquid.
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