4-Chloroaniline → Ethyl 3-[(4-chlorophenyl)amino]-3-oxopropanoate

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Potassium ethyl malonate (3.2 g), 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (2.1 g) and 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (4.5 g) were successively added to a solution of 4-chloroaniline (2.0 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (20 ml) at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate, a 10% aqueous solution of citric acid and saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride. After the resultant organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound (4.0 g).

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