Acetamidomalonic acid diethyl ester → HCID 10501146, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of diethyl acetamidomalonate (1.6 g, 7.4 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (0.9 g, 8.0 mmol) in N-methylpyrrolidone (30 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 30 min. Ethyl 4-(bromomethyl)-3-methoxyisoxazole-5-carboxylate (1.8 g, 6.8 mmol) in N-methylpyrrolidone (10 mL) was added (temp 22-28° C.) and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1.5 h. The reaction mixture was poured onto an ice/water mixture (100 mL) and the aqueous phase was extracted with EtOAc (3×150 mL). The organic extracts were washed with an aqueous solution of potassium tert-butoxide, water (100 mL) and brine (100 mL), dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo. Flash chromatography (silica gel, eluent: EtOAc/heptane=1:1) afforded crude title compound (1.8 g, 66%). A small sample was recrystallized (EtOAc/heptane) to give colourless crystals: mp 78-80° C. The crude product was used in the next step without further purification.

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