Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 69338235, compound

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2-Methyl-2-(2-thienyl)ethylmalonic acid diethylester (52.7 g, 0.19 mol) obtained in Example 1(a) was dissolved in a mixture of ethanol (240 ml) and water (80 ml), potassium hydroxide (11.4 g, 0.20 mol) was added thereto in an ice bath, and the solution was stirred for 2 hours. And then potassium hydroxide (5.7 g, 0.1 mol) was added thereto three times, one portion every 1 hour, and the reaction solution was stirred for 6 hours in total. Water (300 ml) and ice-cold 10% hydrochloric acid (500 ml) were added to the reaction solution, and the solution was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was concentrated in vacuo, and the residue was purified by flash chromatography on a silica gel column (elution solvent; hexane:ethyl acetate=2:1-0:1) to afford the title compound (28.6 g, 60% yield) as a pale yellow oil.

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