Water → Diethyl 2-ethoxycarbonyloxyiminomalonate

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A mixture of diethyl 2-hydroxyiminomalonate (18.9 g), water (50 ml) and acetone (8 ml) is cooled at 0°C, and ethyl chloroformate (9.8 g) is dropwise added thereto. The resulting mixture is, after adjusted to pH 7 to 8 with the addition of an aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate, stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. The reaction mixture is extracted with ether, and the ether layer is washed with an aqueous solution of sodium chloride, dried and concentrated to give diethyl 2-ethoxycarbonyloxyiminomalonate (24 g) as an oil.

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