Diethyl Malonate → Diethyl-2-(2',4'-dichlorophenoxy)-propionyl-malonate

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A mixture of 25 g of 2-(2',4'-dichloro-phenoxy)-propionyl chloride and 30 ml of ether is added dropwise to a 35% etheral solution of magnesium-diethyl malonate prepared from 17.6 g of diethyl malonate. When the addition of the acid chloride is completed the reaction mixture is heated to boiling for an hour and worked up as described in Example 1. Thus 29 g of the desired compound are obtained in the form of a yellow oil, yield 76%, nD25 =1,355.

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