Diisopropylethylamine → HCID 20092833, compound

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A mixture of 50 g of 2-(4-bromomethylphenyl)-3-cyanothiophene, prepared above, 40 g of ethyl 3-oxohexanoate, prepared in Example 1, 300 ml of THF, 62 ml of diisopropylethylamine and 15.6 g of LiBr is refluxed for 15 h. It is concentrated under vacuum, a dilute solution of hydrochloric acid is added and the mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phases are combined, washed with water, dried and evaporated to give 62.4 g of ethyl 2-[4-(3-cyano-2-thienyl)benzyl]-3-oxohexanoate in the form of an oil, which is used without further purification.

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