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HRID 1508427Generated: October 31, 2026

Diethyl Oxalate → Ethyl (2-bromophenyl)pyruvate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDiethyl OxalateHCID 7268—
Reactant2-Bromobenzyl bromideHCID 76965—
ReactantMagnesiumHCID 5462224—
ReactantEthyl (2-fluorophenyl)pyruvateHCID 18370709—
ProductEthyl (2-bromophenyl)pyruvateHCID 1837052280%

Reaction Steps

The title compound was prepared as described for (B4) using 2-bromobenzyl bromide (1.250 g, 5.00 mmol), magnesium (0.134 g, 5.50 mmol) and diethyl oxalate (1.462 g, 10.00 mmol). The product was isolated 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-e94eb5bdb6c0477fb8f4e30576f53d72
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_12