Benzoylhydrazine → Methyl 4-(2-benzoylhydrazino)-4-oxobutanoate

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The mixture of benzhydrazide (1.5 g, 11.0 mmol), butanedioic acid, monomethyl ester (2.0 g, 15 mmol), benzotriazol-1-yloxytris(dimethylamino)phosphonium hexafluorophosphate (5.4 g, 12 mmol), N,N-diisopropylethylamine (3.8 mL, 22 mmol) and 4-dimethylaminopyridine (0.87 g, 7.2 mmol) in DMF (30 mL) was stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture was quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate three times. The combined organic layers were washed by brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude residue was purified by flash column chromatography to yield the desired product (900 mg, 32.6%). LCMS calculated for C12H15N2O4(M+H): 251.1; found: 251.1.

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