Water → HCID 300609, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a mixture of dipropylamine (5.0 g), triethylamine (5.5 g) and methylene chloride (70 ml) is added dropwise a solution of ethyloxalyl chloride (7.4 g) and methylene chloride (30 ml) with stirring while the temperature of the mixture is kept at -20° C. After addition, the mixture is stirred at 0° C. for four hours. To the reaction mixture is added water, and the methylene chloride layer is collected, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to give ethyl 2-oxo-2-(N,N-dipropylamino)acetate (9.5 g) as an oily product.

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