Acetonitrile → dimethyl[benzyl(methyl)amino]propanedioate

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To an acetonitrile (60 mL) solution of N-methylbenzylamine (15 mL), an acetonitrile (10 mL) solution of dimethyl bromomalonate (12 g) was added dropwise at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred for 6 hours at room temperature. Toluene (0.20 L) was added, insolubles were filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. To the residue, toluene (0.10 L) and OH type silica gel (6.0 g) were added, and the mixture was stirred for 20 minutes at room temperature and then filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain dimethyl [benzyl(methyl)amino]propanedioate (pale yellow oil) (14 g, 96%).

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