1,2-Dichloroethane → HCID 67486722, compound

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A mixture consisting of Meldrum's acid (2 g, 13.9 mmol), terephthalic acid monomethyl ester (2.5 g, 13.9 mmol), EDC (3.5 g, 18 mmol) and DMAP (2.2 g, 18 mmol) in DCM (50 mL) was stirred at RT overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with DCM (to ˜100 mL) then washed with water (2×50 mL). The organic solution was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to afford 3.9 g of crude 4-(2,2-Dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-[1,3]dioxane-5-carbonyl)-benzoic acid methyl ester as a yellow solid. The crude was carried on as is for the next step.

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