Triethylamine → 2,2-Dimethyl-5-(pyrrolidin-2-ylidene)-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione

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A solution of 5-Methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole (5.35 g, 54.0 mmol), isopropylidene malonate (7.78 g, 54.0 mmol), triethylamine (1.35 mL, 9.7 mmol) and benzene (55 mL) is refluxed under nitrogen overnight. The reaction is cooled to RT and concentrated and the crude product is recrystalized from EtOH (95 mL) to give the title compound as a white solid (8.13 g, 38.5 mmol). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) 3.73(t, 2H), 3.35(t, 2H), 2.20-2.08(m, 2H), 1.66(s, 6H).

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