Carbon Tetrachloride → HCID 3669710, compound

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Diethyl methylmalonate (1.74 g, 10 mmol), 1.38 g (10 mmol) of potassium carbonate, 0.12 g of tetra-n-butylammonium bromide, and 5 mL of carbon tetrachloride were mixed at 70° C. for 3 h. Gas chromatographic analysis of the mixture showed complete conversion of the diethyl methylmalonate to give 2.04 g of diethyl α-chloro-α-methylmalonate (98% yield).

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