Ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate → HCID 131733614, compound

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Into a NaOH aqueous solution (3.46 g, 24.0 mL) for hydrolysis, 10.4 g (72.0 mmol) of ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate was added, and stirred under heating at 30° C. for 3 hours. After the three hours, the reaction mixture was cooled down to 0° C., and a 5 N HNO3 aqueous solution was added thereto to make the reaction liquid acidic. To the reaction mixture, 4.34 g (7.20 mmol) of copper (II) nitrate aqueous solution was added dropwise, and subjected to magnetic stirring for 3 hours. The precipitated solid was taken out by filtration, and washed with ion-exchanged water and acetone to obtain 2.81 g (8.52 mmol) of copper (II) 2-methylacetoacetate dihydrate in the form of blue solid.

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