Carbon Dioxide → HCID 20378053, compound

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Methyl glyoxylate 11.3 g (0.128 mol) and methyl 2-bromo-3-hydroxypropionate 31 g (0.129 mol) were mixed and the mildly exothermic reaction allowed to cool. The mixture was then treated with hexane (50 ml) and 17.8 g (0.129 mol) potassium carbonate. Evolution of CO2 was sluggish; the mixture was warmed to 45° and allowed to stir overnight. The work-up as described in Example 1 yielded after ether removal, 13.0 g of a light yellow liquid. Distillation in vacuo gave 5.2 g (21%) of the title compound bp 84°-86° at 0.3 mm Hg as a clear colorless liquid. Analysis by GlPC indicated >96% purity, and the pmr spectrum indicated a mixture of trans & cis isomers approximately 70-80% trans.

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