Methyl 4-methoxyacetoacetate → HCID 136035589, compound

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A mixture of methyl 4-methoxy-3-oxobutanoate (15.0 g), butanimidamide hydrochloride (15 g) and sodium methoxide (28% in methanol, 51 mL) in methanol (150 mL) was stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with 1M hydrochloric acid, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give the title compound as a pale yellow oil (17 g, 91%).

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