Ethyl bromoacetate → 4-(4-Methoxy-phenyl)-3-methyl-4-oxo-butyric acid ethyl ester

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A solution of 4-methoxypropiophenone (24 g, 140 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (220 mL) was cooled to 0° C. Lithium diisopropylamide, (2M solution in THF) (126 mL, 248 mmol) was added dropwise and warmed to rt for 30 min. The reaction was cooled again to 0° C. and ethyl bromoacetate (18 mL, 161 mmol) was added dropwise and warmed to rt for 30 min and then quenched with aqueous 1M HCl acid at 0° C. The aqueous layer was extracted twice with methylene chloride and the combined organics were washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated to give 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-methyl-4-oxobutyric acid ethyl ester (44 g), MS m/z 205 (M−45).

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