tert-Butanol → Tert-butyl acetoacetate

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A mixture of 1 equivalent of methyl acetoacetate, 1 equivalent of tertiary butyl alcohol and 100 mg of sulfated tin oxide catalyst prepared according to example 1, in 20 ml of toluene was heated to 110° C. in a two necked round bottom flask provided with a distillation condenser to remove methanol. The reaction was monitored by thin layer chromatography (TLC). After completion of the reaction (about 6 hours), the catalyst was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated and chromatographed on a silica gel column (95% petroleum ether and 5% ethyl acetate) to afford t-butyl acetoacetate as a viscous colorless liquid in 50% yield.

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