Ethyl butyrate → HCID 10057613, compound

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To a suspension of potassium tert-butoxide (3.86 g, 34.4 mmol) in THF (20 mL) under nitrogen at room temperature was added a solution of ethyl butanoate (2.275 mL, 17.22 mmol) in diethyl ether (20.0 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 3 hrs. The mixture was quenched and concentrated to give the title compound. LCMS: rt=2.34 min, [M+H+]=143

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