Triethylamine → Isopropyl (2Z)-3-hydroxy-2-cyano-4-ethyl-2-hexenoate

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Reaction Steps

22.2 g (0.16 mol) of 2-ethylbutyryl chloride were added to a solution of 21 g (0.16 mol) of isopropyl cyanoacetate in CH2Cl2, and the reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. At this temperature, with ice-cooling, 33.5 g (0.33 mol) of triethylamine were added dropwise, and the mixture was then stirred at 25° C. for 2 h. Following subsequent acidic hydrolysis, the organic phase was washed, dried and concentrated. Purification by customary methods gave 24.4 g of the title compound (68% of theory) as a colorless oil (b.p. 70-75° C./1.5 mbar).

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