Carbon Dioxide → HCID 21535782, compound

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Reaction Steps

Ethyl t-butyl oxalate ##EQU1## can be prepared by the method of Carpino [J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 82: 2725 (1960)], and 1-lithio-3-methylbut-1-yne ##EQU2## can be prepared by reacting commercially available 3-methylbut-1-yne and n-butyllithium under anhydrous conditions in an inert atmosphere (i.e., no H2O, O2, or CO2) at a temperature of from 0° to 5° C. Anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (THF) is the preferred solvent for the reactions of step (a).

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