Water → HCID 20075597, compound

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Diethyl isobutylmalonate (22.0 g.) was added to a stirred suspension of sodium hydride (4.8 g. 50% dispersion in oil) in dry toluene (200 ml.), under nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at 80° for one hour. The mixture was cooled and benzyl chloromethyl thioether 5 (16.0 g.) in dry toluene (50 ml.) was added and the mixture was stirred at 80° for two hours. The mixture was cooled and poured into water. The aqueous mixture was extracted into diethyl ether. The ether extracts were washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate and evaporated in vacuo. Diethyl 2-benzylthiomethyl-2-isobutylmalonate (32.0 g.) was obtained as a yellow oil and was used without further purification.

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