Methyl 4-aminobenzoate → Diethyl (4-methoxycarbonylphenyl)aminomalonate

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A mixture of methyl 4-aminobenzoate (3.1 g, 20.5 mmol) and diethyl bromomalonate (2.45 g, 10.2 mmol) in a round bottom flask was placed in an oven at 115° C. for 16 h. The reaction mixture, which had turned into a solid cake, was suspended in 20 mL of benzene and filtered. The filtrate was diluted with 50 mL of benzene and the organic layer was washed with 2 N hydrochloric acid (3×10 mL), water (10 mL), dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated to give an oily material which solidified upon standing. The crude was recrystallized from ether/hexane to give 2.7 g (85%) of diethyl (4-methoxycarbonylphenyl)aminomalonate, mp 66-69° C. (ether/hexane).

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