Hydrochloric Acid → Diethyl 2-(5-nitropyridin-2-yl)malonate

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Reaction Steps

2.7 g (67.5 mmol) of powdered NaOH are introduced into 10.8 g (675 mmol) of diethyl malonate in 30 ml of dimethylformamide at room temperature, with cooling, a solution of 5 g (31 mmol) of 2-chloro-5-nitropyridine in dimethylformamide is then added dropwise and the mixture is stirred at room temperature until the reaction is complete. For working up, the mixture is poured onto 500 ml of water and acidified with concentrated HCl and the precipitate is filtered off with suction and rinsed with petroleum ether.

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