Nitrogen → Benzyl 4-ethoxycarbonylmethoxybutyrate

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Reaction Steps

65 g (0.33 mol) of benzyl 4-hydroxybutyrate and 260 mg of copper powder are charged to 120 ml of cyclohexane and the mixture is heated to reflux. Then a mixture of 38.7 ml (0.37 mol) of ethyl diazoacetate and 300 ml of cyclohexane are added, whereupon evolution of N2 ensues. The reaction mixture is stirred for 4 hours under reflux and then for 4 hours at room temperature, filtered over a glass fibre filter and concentrated by evaporation. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel with hexane/ethyl acetate 4:1, giving benzyl 4-ethoxycarbonylmethoxybutyrate as a colourless liquid.

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