Methanol → 1,1-Dimethoxybut-3-en-2-one

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The dimethylvinylamine from (i) was added to dry methanol (260 mL) and the mixture was then treated with pyruvic aldehyde dimethylacetal (51 mL), followed by a solution of sodium methoxide in methanol (30%, 81 mL), then stirred for 2 hours at ambient temperature, then heated at reflux temperature for another hour, then cooled and then filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to give 1,1-dimethoxy-but-3-en-2-one as a brown oil (96.8 g).

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