Neopentyl alcohol → 2,2-Dimethylpropyl chloro(oxo)acetate

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In this example the product was prepared in two synthetic steps. In the first step neopentyl alcohol was reacted with 50% molar excess of oxalyl chloride. Upon completion of the reaction the excess oxalyl chloride was stripped from the product at reduced pressure to produce neopentyl chlorooxalate having an assay of 100% and in a corrected yield of 92.7%. In the second step neopentyl chlorooxalate was reacted with 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-dihydroperoxyhexane, in the presence of pyridine, to yield the product as described below:

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