Phenylglyoxylic Acid → N'-t-butyl-N-benzoylcarbonyl-N'-benzoylhydrazine

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N'-t-butyl-N-benzoylhydrazine (1 g), benzoyl formic acid (1 g), and methanesulfonyl chloride (0.7 g) were stirred in toluene (35 ml) and saturated sodium bicarbonate (15 ml) at approximately 5° C. Triethylamine was added slowly, dropwise to the reaction mixture, and slowly warmed to room temperature. After stirring for 1 hour, the reaction mixture was diluted with toluene (20 ml) and the organic layer was washed several times with water. The organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and the toluene rotavapped off to afford a white gum. The crude product was chromatographed on silica gel (G:230-400 mesh) using a methylene chloride ether solvent system as eluent to afford a 65% yield of a white solid.

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