Methyl 6-chloro-6-oxohexanoate → HCID 59167745, compound

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Add 5-chlorocarbonylpentanoic acid methyl ester (15.30 g, 86 mmol) to a solution of N-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzamidine (12.0 g, 71 mmol) in pyridine (40 mL) and under nitrogen at a rate to keep the mixture at a gentle reflux. Then, heat the mixture at reflux for 4 hours. Dilute the mixture with water (300 mL) and extract with methylene chloride (3×200 mL). Wash the combined organic extracts with brine (100 mL), dry over sodium sulfate and remove the solvent under reduced pressure. Purify the residue by flash column chromatography on silica gel, eluting with ethyl acetate/hexanes (1:19), to afford 5-[3-(2-methoxyphenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-5-yl]pentanoic acid methyl ester (12.8 g, 55%).

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