N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylethylenediamine → HCID 53833864, compound

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To 300 ml of THF was added with cooling (ice-bath) 300 ml (0.3 mol) of 1M TiCl4 in methylene chloride and the mixture was stirred for 10 min. To the above mixture was added at room temperature 90.5 ml (0.6 mol) of TMEDA, the mixture was stirred for 10 min, and then, 44.12 g (0.675 mol) of Zn dust was added with cooling to maintain the mixture at room temperature and stirred for 40 min. To the resulting reaction mixture was added dropwise a mixture of ethyl 3-furoate (10.5 g, 0.075 mol), 31 g (0.165 mol) of dibromoethane in 200 ml of THF, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2.5 h. After adding 90 ml of aqueous potassium carbonate solution, the mixture was concentrated in vacuo, the residue was diluted with 20 g of basic alumina, passed through basic alumina column (ether/TEA 200:1), and the eluent was concentrated. The residue was triturated in ether (200 ml), filtered, and the filtrate was distilled (80°-95° C./25 mm) to afford 6.2 g of (54.3%) of 1-(3-furyl)-1-ethoxy-2-methylethylene (Formula III: R2 =CH3 ;R3 =H; R4 =CH3CH2O;R5 =3-Furyl; and Formula III: R2 =H;R3 =CH3 ;R4 =3-Furyl; R5 =CH3CH2O).

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