Diethyl squarate → HCID 89526285, compound

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A mixture of 0.247 g of 7-amino-3H-benzooxazol-2-one (1.6 mmol, 1 eq) and 0.36 ml of 3,4-diethoxycyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione (2.5 mmol, 1.5 eq) in 9 ml of ethanol was stirred at ambient temperature for 2 days (formation of a precipitate). Ethanol was added in order to promote the fall of the precipitate, which was filtered off, washed with diethyl ether and dried under vacuum at 45° C. 0.35 g of product was obtained in the form of a light khaki solid. Yield=78%.

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