Diethyl Malonate → HCID 15004992, compound

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Compound 3 was prepared by following a previously reported method.{Santra, 2004 #6} Briefly, diethyl malonate 1 (10 g, 62.5 mmol), 4-bromobutyl acetate 2 (15.84 g, 81.3 mmol) were placed in a round bottom flask containing acetonitrile (120 mL) and stirred for 2 min at room temperature. Then to this, we added potassium carbonate (34.5 g, 250.1 mmol) and refluxed for 36 h. Next, the mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated to obtain a yellow liquid. This was extracted with ethyl acetate, and washed with water. The organic layers were combined and dried over Na2SO4, and purified by column chromatography using 4% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether as the eluent.

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