Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Ethoxy-3-oxo-succinic acid diethyl ester

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A stirred mixture of molten sodium metal (24.15 g, 1.05 mol) in toluene is treated with ethanol (55.2 g, 1.2 mol) over a 1 hr period at 100° C.-110° C., heated at reflux temperatures for 0.5 hr, cooled to 45° C., treated with a mixture of diethyl oxalate (160.6 g, 1.1 mol) and ethyl ethoxyacetate (132 g, 98%, 0.98 mol) over a 1 hr period at 45° C.-50° C., heated at 55° C.-60° C. for 1.5 hr and poured into 328 g of 14% HCl with cooling. The resultant mixture is separated. The title product is obtained as a 32% solution in the organic phase, identified by HRGC analysis, total yield is 198.2 g (87% yield).

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