Ethyl formate → Sodium (E)-2-cyano-2-[(methoxycarbonyl)(methyl)amino]ethenolate

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Reaction Steps

0.46 g (0.01 mmol) of sodium methoxide is added under argon to tetrahydrofuran (solution A). Then 1.00 g (0.01 mmol) of methyl cyanomethyl(methyl)carbamate from Example 9A is added to 1.73 g (0.02 mmol) of ethyl formate. Solution A is slowly added dropwise to this mixture. The mixture is stirred at RT overnight. The solvent is concentrated in vacuo in a rotary evaporator, and diethyl ether is added to the residue. The crystals which have separated out are filtered off with suction and dried under high vacuum.

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