Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 67482917, compound

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Potassium ethyl malonate (10.2 g, 60 mmol), MgCl2 (6.3 g, 66 mmol), and triethylamine (28 ml, 200 mmol) were suspended in dry ethyl acetate (200 ml) and heated to 40° C. for 15 hr. A solution of 2-fluoro-5-trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride (10 g, 44.1 mmol) in ethyl acetate (40 ml) was dropped in slowly (in about one hour). After another hour, the mixture was treated with 2N HCl (200 ml). The organic layer was washed with 0.5 N HCl 2×, 5% K2CO3 2×, brine 2×, and dried over Na2SO4. Evaporation of the solvent and vacuum drying afforded ethyl 3-[2-fluoro-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-oxopropanoate as a pale yellow oil. NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 1.25 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H); 1.32*; 4.00 (d, JF-H=3 Hz, 2H); 4.21 (q, J=7.4 Hz, 2H); 5.8*; 7.22*; 7.29 (t, J=10.3 Hz, 1H); 7.66*; 7.82 (br, 1H); 8.14*; 8.24 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 1H). Enol form* exists in about 35%.

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