Methyl acetoacetate → HCID 54721566, compound

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The title compound was prepared as described in General Method 1 using 4.76 g of methyl acetoacetate, 1.97 g of NaH 50% dispersion in oil, 19.5 mL of 2.1M n-butyl lithium in hexane, 8.7 g of [[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yloxy]-acetaldehyde and 200 mL of tetrahydrofuran. After addition of the aldehyde, the reaction was stirred for 60 minutes at 0° C. then allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. The crude product was triturated from diethyl ether to afford a solid (m.p. 152°-154° C.). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 2.83 (dd, 1 H), 2.95 (dd, 1 H) 3.61 (dd, 2 H), 4.23 (dd, 1 H), 4.38 (dd, 1 H), 5.03-5.07 (m, 1 H), 6.94-6.98 (m, 2 H), 7.30-7.57 (m, 7 H).

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