Sulfuric Acid → Ethyl 3-(methoxycarbonylacetamido)-3-phenylbutyrate

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Concentrated sulphuric acid (80 ml) was added at 0°-5° C. to a stirred solution of methyl cyanoacetate (28 ml) and ethyl 3-hydroxy-3-phenylbutyrate (65 g) and the mixture stirred at ambient temperature for 18 hours. The mixture was added to crushed ice (250 g) and the acidic mixture extracted with dichloromethane (3×100 ml). The combined extracts were washed with water (4×250 ml), dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated under reduced pressure to give ethyl 3-(methoxycarbonylacetamido)-3-phenylbutyrate (43.16 g), as a clear brown oil.

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