Diethyl Ether → HCID 178471178, compound

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To a stirred suspension of 30-35% KH (7.90 g) in 40 mL anhydrous diglyme at −20° C. was added a solution of diethoxyacetonitrile (Intermediate 1A, 6.20 g, 46.6 mmol) and methyl isocyanoacetate (4.96 g, 65.2 mmol) in 25 mL of anhydrous diglyme. The resulting mixture was heated to 70-80° C. and stirred overnight. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and quenched with saturated NH4Cl solution. DCM was added and the layers were separated. The mixture was further extracted with DCM. The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give brown oil. Cold ether was added to the residue and the resulting white precipitate was filtered, washed with cold ether and dried to give the desired product Intermediate 1B (5.65 g, 53%) as a white solid.

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