2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione → 2,2-Dimethyl-5-[(3-propoxynaphthalen-2-ylamino) methylene][1,3]dioxane-4,6-dione

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Meldrum's acid (2.59 g, 17.9 mmol) was added to methyl orthoformate (16 ml), and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours while heating under reflux. 3-Propoxynaphthalen-2-ylamine (2.5 g, 12.4 mmol) was added thereto, and the resulting mixture was stirred for 4 hours while heating under reflux. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and then concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure to recrystallize the residue from methanol, giving a pale brown powder of 2,2-dimethyl-5-[(3-propoxynaphthalen-2-ylamino) methylene][1,3]dioxane-4,6-dione (4.19 g, yield: 95%).

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