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HRID 1508423Generated: October 31, 2026

Diethyl Oxalate → Ethyl 2-oxo-3-phenylpropanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDiethyl OxalateHCID 7268—
ReactantBenzyl BromideHCID 7498—
ReactantMagnesiumHCID 5462224—
ReactantEthyl (2-fluorophenyl)pyruvateHCID 18370709—
ProductEthyl 2-oxo-3-phenylpropanoateHCID 1229259980%

Reaction Steps

The title compound was prepared as described for B4 using benzyl bromide (1.250 g, 7.31 mmol), magnesium (0.195 g, 8.04 mmol) and diethyl oxalate (2.136 g, 14.62 mmol) in the form of colorless oil in 80% yield and used instantly in next step.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09221860B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_12
ORD IDord-52eb95a6d9b74cc5876a983ee0b66d2d
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_12