Propanoic acid, 2-bromo-2-methyl-, ethyl ester → HCID 21451949, compound

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A 55% suspension of 2.57 gm (58.8 millimols) of sodium hydride in oil was washed free of oil with absolute ether, and the residual sodium hydride was suspended in 60 ml of absolute dimethylformamide. While stirring the resulting suspension at 20° C in an atmosphere of nitrogen, a solution of 10.8 gm (about 29.4 millimols) of raw 4-(5-chloro-2-methoxyanilinocarbonyl-methyl)-4'-hydroxy-biphenyl in 40 ml of dimethylformamide was added dropwise thereto. The resulting mixture was stirred on a bath at 80° C for 11/2 hours more, and then 11.5 gm (58.8 millimols) of ethyl 2-bromo-2-methylpropionate were added and the mixture was stirred at 100° C for 3 hours. After evaporation in vacuo, water was added, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate/ether (2:1). The organic extract was washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The dark brown, viscous evaporation residue was purified by chromatography on silicagel with toluene/ethyl acetate (4:1). The combined uniform fractions were evaporated and dried at 80° C/1 mm Hg, yielding 1.7 gm (12% of theory) of a bright red, viscous substance, m.p. < 20° C, which was identified to be the compound of the formula ##STR14##

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