Isopropyl 4-chloroacetoacetate → HCID 20477515, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium benzylate in tetrahydrofuran was reacted using the procedure of Example 1 with 4-chloroacetoacetic isopropyl ester. The resultant 4-benzyloxyacetoacetic acid isopropyl ester was subsequently hydrogenolyzed. The 4-hydroxyacetoacetic isopropyl ester thus formed was converted at ambient temperature into tetronic acid by treatment with 18 percent HCl. The total yield, related to the 4-chloroacetoacetic isopropyl ester, was 78 percent.

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