Methyl Acrylate → HCID 22122213, compound

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A mixture of 1.0 g of 1-(2,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-2,3-dioxopiperazine, 0.28 ml of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene, 0.34 ml of methyl acrylate and 10 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide was stirred at room temperature for 12 hours. Then, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, after which the resulting residue was added to a mixed solvent of 30 ml of ethyl acetate and 30 ml of water, and the pH was adjusted to 3 with 2N hydrochloric acid. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with three 30-ml portions of ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer was washed with water and then a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (eluent; chloroform : methanol=20:1) to obtain 0.68 g of methyl 3-[4-(2,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-2,3-dioxopiperazin-1-yl]propionate as a colorless oil.

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