Acetic Anhydride → Methyl 2-(acetylamino)-7-methoxy-3-oxoheptanoate

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Methyl 2-(hydroxyimino)-7-methoxy-3-oxoheptanoate (5.70 g) and palladium-carbon (900 mg) were suspended in acetic acid (60 ml)-acetic anhydride (25 ml) and the mixture was stirred under a hydrogen atmosphere (1 atom) at room temperature for 14 hr. The palladium catalyst was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give the object product (5.48 g).

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