N-butyl-2-chloroacetamide → (N-Butylcarbamoyl)methyl methyl (2E)but-2-ene-1,4-dioate

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Following general procedure A, methyl hydrogen fumarate (MHF) (0.50 g, 3.84 mmol) dissolved in NMP was reacted at ca. 55° C. with N-butyl chloroacetamide (0.69 g, 4.61 mmol) in the presence of CsHCO3 (0.89 g, 4.61 mmol) to afford 0.19 g (21% yield) of the title compound (4) as a white solid after purification by mass-guided preparative HPLC and lyophilization. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ 6.98-6.92 (m, 2H), 6.09 (br s, 1H), 4.68 (s, 2H), 3.82 (s, 3H), 3.34-3.29 (q, 2H, J=6.4 Hz), 1.54-1.48 (m, 2H), 1.38-1.32 (m, 2H), 0.956-0.920 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 3H). MS (ESI): m/z 244.04 (M+H)+.

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