Oxalyl chloride → HCID 54014456, compound

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Reaction Steps

Magnesium (733 mg), ethanol (3 mg) and carbon tetrachloride (0.1 ml) were stirred at room temperature in a three necked flask to activate them. A solution of ethyl malonate (4.5 ml) in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) was slowly added dropwise to the activated mixture, followed by stirring at 80° C. for 4 hours. After the reaction mixture was cooled back to room temperature, it was chilled to -40° C. Oxalyl chloride (2.5 ml) and N,N-dimethylformamide (3 drops) were added to a solution of 2,5-difluoro-3-methyl-4-nitrobenzoic acid (6.1 g) in methylene chloride (10 ml). After the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. Toluene was added to the residue to conduct azeotropic distillation. The residue wets dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (15 ml), and the solution was slowly added dropwise at -40° C. to the reaction mixture obtained previously. After completion of the addition, the temperature of the reaction mixture was given back to room temperature to conduct stirring overnight. After the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, concentrated hydrochloric acid (5 ml) was added to the residue to keep its pH at about 2. The residue was then extracted with chloroform, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. Water (20 ml) and p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (250 mg) were added to the resultant residue, and the mixture was heated under reflux for 5.5 hours. After the reaction mixture was cooled back to room temperature, water was added to the reaction mixture to conduct extraction with chloroform. After an organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel (eluent; ethyl acetate:hexane=1:7) to obtain the title compound (6.0 g) as a red oil.

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