Methyl propiolate → HCID 17878067, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a suspension of sodium azide (19.0 g: 0.283 Mol.) in dimethyl-formamide (130 ml) is added trityl chloride (76.0 g: 0.273 Mol.), and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture is diluted with water and extracted with ether. The extract is washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated to give trityl azide. To a solution of this azide in acetone (300 ml) is added methyl propiolate (24 ml: 0.27 Mol.), and the mixture is heated under reflux for 6 days. The reaction mixture is cooled to the room temperature and diluted with ether. The separating crystals are collected by filtration to give 1-trityl-1,2,3-triazol-4-ylcarboxylic acid methyl ester (62.0 g) as colorless crystals.

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