Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 53990204, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

0.1 ml of carbon tetrachloride was added to a mixture of 20.35 g of magnesium(turnings) and 148 ml of ethanol and then heated at 55° C. A mixed solution of 197 ml of ethanol, 700 ml of diethyl ether and 168 g of diethyl malonate was added to the reaction mixture over 1 hour. Two hours later the reaction solution was cooled to -5° C. and 112 g of 4,4,4-trifluorobutyryl chloride was added to the solution under an atmosphere of nitrogen, then the resultant reaction mixture was left at an ambient temperature for 1 hour. Then the mixture was allowed to react further 12 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction solution was poured into a 5% hydrochloric acid solution and extracted three times with diethyl ether. The ether layers were combined and washed twice with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The filtered ether solution was evaporated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was distilled under reduced pressure to yield 179 g of the desired 4,4,4-trifluoro-butyrylmalonic acid diethyl ester in a yield of 90%.

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