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HRID 1508441Generated: October 30, 2026

Diethyl Oxalate → Ethyl (3-methylphenyl)pyruvate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDiethyl OxalateHCID 7268—
Reactantm-Xylyl bromideHCID 12099—
ReactantMagnesiumHCID 5462224—
ReactantEthyl (2-fluorophenyl)pyruvateHCID 18370709—
ProductEthyl (3-methylphenyl)pyruvateHCID 1837016372%

Reaction Steps

The title compound was prepared as described for B4 using 3-methylbenzyl bromide (1.250 g, 6.75 mmol), magnesium (0.181 g, 7.43 mmol) and diethyl oxalate (1.974 g, 13.51 mmol). The resulting compound was isolated in the form of colorless oil in 72% yield and use instantly in next step.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09221860B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_12
ORD IDord-70fa1adfca2e47cea4bccfcb37332589
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_12