Reaction #64699

Reaction equation

diethyl mesoxalate

formic acid

Meldrum's acid

hydrochloric acid

→

aimed product

1,1-di(ethoxycarbonyl)-2-carboxyethane

Solvents

triethylamine

water

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   Otherreacted at the same temperature for 2 hours
2. 2
   TemperatureAfter cooling the reaction mixture to room temperature
3. 3
   Extractionthe aqueous solution was extracted with 200 ml
4. 4
   ExtractionThe combined chloroform extract
5. 5
   Filtrationfiltered
6. 6
   workup.DISTILLATIONthe chloroform was distilled off under reduced pressure
7. 7
   workup.ADDITIONAfter adding 25 ml of diethyl ether to the evaporation residue the mixture
8. 8
   Otherat 0°-5° C.
9. 9
   Otherfor 16 hours
10. 10
    FiltrationAfter filtering the white solid precipitate, ether
11. 11
    Otherwas evaporated from the filtrate

Procedure

After weighing in 14.4 g (0.1 mol) of Meldrum's acid and 17.4 g (0.1 mol, 15.5 ml) of diethyl mesoxalate to 100 ml of the mixture of formic acid and triethylamine prepared as described in Example 1, the reaction mixture was heated to 95° C. during 1 hour and reacted at the same temperature for 2 hours. After cooling the reaction mixture to room temperature, adding 350 ml of water and adjusting the pH value to 2 with concentrated hydrochloric acid, the aqueous solution was extracted with 200 ml and then with 100 ml of chloroform. The combined chloroform extract was stirred with 5 g of sodium sulfate and 1 g of activated charcoal at room temperature for 30 minutes, then filtered and the chloroform was distilled off under reduced pressure. After adding 25 ml of diethyl ether to the evaporation residue the mixture was let stand at 0°-5° C. for 16 hours. After filtering the white solid precipitate, ether was evaporated from the filtrate to give the aimed product as a liquid residue.

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