Ethyl Acetoacetate → HCID 54396874, compound

Participants

Reaction Steps

Ethyl acetoacetate dianion (2.1 mL of freshly prepared 1M solution as described in Example 10) was added to a solution of 5,5-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-4-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl]-2,4-pentadienal (0.9 g, 2.0 mmoles) in 15 mL of tetrahydrofuran at -50° C. After stirring for 1 hour, another 1 mL of dianion solution was added and the mixture stirred for an additional 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was quenched with 1N HCl and then extracted with methylene chloride. The organic extracts were dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with 1% (v/v) methanol in methylene chloride to give 0.55 g of the title compound. MS (CI): m/e=557 for (M+H)+.

Provenance & Evidence