Ethyl diethoxyacetate → HCID 66958526, compound

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Sodium tert-butoxide (5.98 g, 62.2 mmol) was added to a solution of 4-methyl-4-benzamido-2-pentanone (12.4 g, 56.5 mmol) and ethyl diethoxyacetate (11.0 g, 62.2 mmol) in ethanol (40 mL), and the reaction was heated at reflux under a nitrogen atmosphere for 3.5 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the residue was partitioned between saturated aqueous ammonium chloride and tert-butyl methyl ether. The aqueous solution was extracted twice with tert-butyl methyl ether, and the combined organic fractions were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure to provide 17.5 g of N-(6,6-diethoxy-1,1-dimethyl-3,5-dioxohexyl)benzamide as a brown oil.

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