Ethyl cyanoacetate → HCID 49788127, compound

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To a suspension of sodium metal (81 mg, 3.5 mmol) in 10 mL anhydrous EtOH, ethylcyanoacetate (0.37 mL, 3.5 mmol) was added at 0° C. The solution was stirred until sodium was completely dissolved. The solvent was evaporated to obtain a white solid that was added portionwise to a stirred solution of bromoacetylpyridine 1 (1.0 g, 3.5 mmol) in anhydrous THF (20 mL) and DIEA (0.6 mL, 3.5 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at rt. The solvent was removed, the residue was suspended in water and extracted with DCM. The organic extracts were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. The crude was purified by flash chromatography (DCM/MeOH 95:5) to give 710 mg (87%) of 2-cyano-4-oxo-4-pyridin-4-yl-butyric acid ethyl ester as a reddish oil.

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