Potassium Hydroxide → 2-Isoxazolidinecarboxylic acid, ethyl ester

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N-Carbethoxyisooxazolidine Trimethylene dibromide (40.4 g; 0.4 mole) and an ethanolic solution (224 ml.) containing potassium hydroxide (22.4 g.; 0.4 mole) are boiled together on a steam bath for six hours. The ethanol is removed by distillation and the residue triturated with ether (3×100 ml.). The combined ether washes are dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give a liquid which is vacuum distilled to give N-carbethoxyisooxazolidine, b.p. 103° C./13 mm.

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