Diethyl Malonate → Diethyl 2-pent-4-enylpropanedioate

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of sodium hydride (60% in mineral oil, 2.4 g, 60.5 mmol, 1.1 eq) and diethyl malonate (8.34 mL, 55 mmol, 1 eq) in DMF (200 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and 5-bromo-1-pentene (6.5 mL, 55 mmol, 1 eq) was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was warmed to rt, stirred for 14 hours and then partitioned between ether and water. The layers were separated, the aqueous layer was extracted with ether (2×250 mL) and the combined organic phases were washed with water (2×) and brine, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to give E1.1 as a colorless oil (12.7 g, 100% yield). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 5.71 (m, 1 H), 4.92 (m, 2 H), 4.12 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 4 H), 3.25 (t, J=7.58 Hz, 1 H), 2.01 (m, 2 H), 1.83 (m, 2 H), 1.36 (m, 2 H), 1.20 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 6 H).

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