Sulfuric Acid → Diethyl 2-oxocyclohexane-1,1-dicarboxylate

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A tetrahydrofuran solution (30 ml) of ethylmagnesium bromide was prepared from bromoethane (7.05 g.) and magnesium (1.5 g.) The solution was cooled to 0° and 2-carbethoxycyclohexanone (10.0 g.) was added carefully. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes and ethyl chloroformate (7.0 g.) was added dropwise, under nitrogen. A white precipitate developed. Sulphuric acid solution (80 ml, 1%) was added and the aqueous mixture was extracted with ether. The ether extracts were washed with dilute aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, water and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate. The solvent was removed in vacuo. Distillation gave 2,2-dicarbethoxy-cyclohexanone (7.8 g.), a colourless oil, (b.pt. 98°-102° 0.9 mm.)

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