Ethyl Acetoacetate → HCID 66746528, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A solution of ethyl 3-oxobutanoate (29.9 g, 0.230 mol) in anhydrous toluene (200 mL) was added to a solution of 2-amino-6-(cyclohexyloxy)benzonitrile (Example Hb, 49.8 g, 0.230 mol) in anhydrous toluene (1000 mL) under nitrogen in a 3 L round bottom flask sitting in an oil bath at room temperature. SnCl4 (53.9 mL, 0.461 mol) was added slowly over a period of approximately 1 h. The oil bath temperature was then raised to 110° C. and the reaction mixture was stirred at that temperature for 2.5 h. It was then cooled down to 5° C., still under nitrogen, and the toluene was decanted away from the immiscible viscous oil at the bottom of the flask. The viscous oil was further concentrated under vacuum at 60° C., re-dissolved in boiling ethyl acetate (1 L), and transferred to a 4 liter Erlenmeyer flask. The solution was diluted with more EtOAc (1.5 L), cooled down to −15° C., and neutralized with NaOH (3 N, 500 mL). The organic layer was separated, and the aqueous emulsion was extracted once more with ethyl acetate. The insoluble tin salts were filtered out from the aqueous layer, then both the salts and aqueous filtrate were washed once more with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4, concentrated, and passed through a silica column using 0% to 60% ethyl acetate in hexanes. The product was purified by recrystallization from EtOAc to give the title compound as an off-white solid (64.3 g, 85%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 1.28-1.34 (m, 1H), 1.32 (t, 3H), 1.37-1.45 (m, 2H), 1.51-1.63 (m, 3H), 1.67-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.99-2.03 (m, 2H), 2.54 (s, 3H), 4.28-4.33 (q, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 4.64 (m, 1H), 6.95-6.97 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.19-7.21 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.65 (t, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 8.15 (brs, 2H). MS 329 (MH+).

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