Ethyl Acetoacetate → HCID 15682534, compound

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Reaction Steps

At room temperature, 39.0 g (0.3 mol) of ethyl acetoacetate in 100 ml of toluene was dripped into 9.9 g (0.33 mol) of NaH (80% strength suspension in white oil), and the mixture was stirred for 3 hours. Subsequently, 41.3 g (0.3 mol) of methyl-α-chloro-α-oximinoacetate in 100 ml of toluene was added and the mixture was stirred for 12 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture was then transferred to a Soxhlet apparatus (extraction tube filled with 4 Å molecular sieve), 1 g of methanesulfonic acid was added and the mixture was refluxed for 1.5 hours. After the mixture had cooled, the organic phase was washed once with 200 ml of disodium bicarbonate solution and once with 200 ml of saturated sodium chloride solution and dried over magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was stripped off under reduced pressure.

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