Diethyl Malonate → 667871-49-0

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Reaction Steps

Sodium (0.72 g, 31.31 mmol) was added in portions to EtOH (99.5%, 35 mL) under stirring. When all sodium had dissolved, diethyl malonate (4.80 g, 29.97 mmol) was added slowly during 5 minutes and the reaction mixture was stirred for another 15 minutes. 1-Bromo-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-ethane (5.50 g, 30.05 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 2 hrs. Any solids were filtered off and the clear solution was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was taken up in water and diethyl ether and the two phases were separated. The organic phase was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified with column chromatography (silica gel, eluting with EtOAc/MeOH:20/1) to give the title compound as a colourless oil (3.80 g), 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 4.19 (q, 4H), 3.54 (m, 7H), 3.38 (s, 3H), 2.19 (m, 2H), 1.27 (t, 6H).

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