Potassium Carbonate → t-Butyl ethyl (2,4-dinitronaphthalen-1-yl)malonate

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K2CO3 (4.04 g, 29.22 mmol) was added to a solution of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitronaphthalene (6.04 g, 23.91 mmol) and t-butyl ethyl malonate (5.0 g, 26.50 mmol) in THF (50 mL), and the mixture was heated reflux overnight. The mixture was cooled and filtered, then the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. Flash chromatography (20-50% AcOEt-Petroleum ether gradient elution) afforded t-butyl ethyl (2,4-dinitronaphthalen-1-yl)malonate (7.6 g, 54%) as a pale red solid. M.p. 86-88° C.; 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 8.65 (s, 1H), 8.55 (dd, 0.5, 8.5, 1H), 8.36 (dd, 0.5, 9.0, 1H), 7.89 (dt, 1.0, 8.0, 1H), 7.81 (dt, 1.5, 9.0, 1H), 5.64 (s, 1H), 4.26 (q, 7.0, 2H), 1.44 (s, 9H), 1.24 (t, 7.0, 3H); IR (neat) 2980, 1745, 1537, 1368, 1346, 1306, 1253, 1147, 1027, 850, 832, 801, 774, 761 cm−1. FABMS (NBA) m/z 405 (M+H+, 5).

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