Benzylamine → Diethyl 3-benzylamino-2-pentenedioate

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Reaction Steps

Benzylamine (89.1 g, 0.83 moles) is added over 10 minutes to a suspension of 5A powdered molecular sieves (270 g) and diethyl 1,3-acetonedicarboxylate (160 g) (0.79 moles) in 350 ml toluene (external cooling applied to control exotherm). The suspension is stirred at room temperature for 14-17 hours and then filtered to provide 2. The filter cake is washed with three portions of toluene. The combined filtrates may be used as is in the subsequent ketene reaction.

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