Dichloromethane → HCID 61645017, compound

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Reaction Steps

A cooled (0° C.) suspension of AlCl3 (2.036 g; 15.27 mmol) in anh. DCE (10 ml) was treated with commercially available 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene (1.675 g; 9.96 mmol), and stirring at 0° C., under nitrogen, was continued for 10 min. Commercially available methyl 4-chloro-4-oxobutanoate (1.000 g; 6.64 mmol) was then added, and the mixture was stirred at rt for 24 h. The resulting reaction mixture was poured onto crushed ice (30 g), and DCM (20 ml) was added. The separated aq. layer was further extracted with DCM (3×10 ml). The mixed organic layers were washed successively with water (15 ml) and brine (2×15 ml), dried over anh. MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure affording methyl 4-oxo-4-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)butanoate as a colorless oil. LC-MS (conditions D): tR=0.88 min.; [M+H]+: 283.02 g/mol.

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