Sulfuric Acid → Dicetyl malonate

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H2SO4 (conc) (0.1 mL, 0.0036 mol % was slowly added to a mixture of dimethyl malonate (2 g, 0.015 mol) and hexadecanol (15 mL, 0.061 mol) and the mixture was heated at reflux until all dimethyl malonate was converted according to TLC (approximately 4 days). The product mixture was dissolved in dichloromethane (DCM), extracted with water (3 times) and dried over MgSO4. An analytically pure sample was obtained by column chromatography on silica gel using a 1:9 mixture of ethylacetate/hexane. Yield: 5.5 g (65.7%), see JP 57067510.

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