Water → 2-Oxo-3-carboethoxy-4-(2-bromo-5-methoxyphenyl)butanoic acid, ethyl ester

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Potassium t-butoxide (6.72 g) was suspended in 30 ml of anhydrous ether and cooled to 0° C. A solution of 14.35 g of ethyl 3-(2-bromo-5-methoxyphenyl)propionate and 10.95 g diethyl oxalate in 10 ml ether was added dropwise over 15 min. After 2 h at 25° C., the reaction was poured into 100 ml H2O and the aqueous layer was separated, acidified to pH 1 and extracted with ether. The ether layer was dried (MgSO4) and the solvent was evaporated to yield 17.48 g of the desired product as a colorless oil (90%). NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.20 (t, 3H), 1.35 (t, 3H), 3.32 (dd, 2H), 3.76 (s, 3H), 4.18 (q, 2H), 4.32 (q, 2H), 4.53 (t, 1H), 6.67 (dd, 1H), 6.80 (d, 1H), 7.40 (d, 1H).

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