Acetic Anhydride → Ethyl 3-ethoxy-2-(methanesulfonyl)prop-2-enoate

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A mixture of methanesulfonyl-acetic acid ethyl ester (example 61b) (90 g, 0.547 mol), triethyl orthoformate (242.9 g, 0.641 mol), and acetic anhydride (227 mL) was heated at 130-140° C. for three hours. After cooling the reaction to room temperature, solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give 3-ethoxy-2-methanesulfonyl-acrylic acid ethyl ester (purity 50%). The crude compound was used in the following reaction without further purification. LC-MS m/e 223 (MH+).

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