Diethyl Malonate → Diethyl 2-cyclohexylmethylmalonate

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Diethyl malonate (16.0 g) was added to a freshly prepared solution of sodium ethoxide (from 2.3 g of sodium in 150 ml of absolute ethanol), followed by 17.7 g of cyclohexylmethyl bromide. The mixture was heated under reflux for four hours and evaporated to dryness. The resulting mixture was treated with water, extracted with ethyl acetate and the extracts washed with water, brine and dried (MgSO4). Evaporation gave an oil which was distilled in vacuo to give 17 g of diethyl(cyclohexylmethyl)malonate (b.p. 104°-107° C. at 0.2 mm Hg).

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