Acetone → HCID 14855466, compound

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To 1.00 g (6 mmole) of 3-trifluoromethyl-4-methyl-5-hydroxyisoxazole were added 10 ml of dry acetone and 1.00 g (7.2 mmole) of anhydrous potassium carbonate and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for one hour. After addition of methyl bromoacetate (1.10 g, 7.2 mmole), the mixture was refluxed for 30 hours. The reaction mixture was mixed with water (100 ml) and, extracted with diethyl ether. The diethyl ether phase was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, evaporated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel to give 0.73 g of the title compound as colorless viscous liquid, yield 53.6%.

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