Diethyl aminomalonate hydrochloride is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate. Diethyl aminomalonate with formaldehyde generates an azomethine ylide which can undergo cycloadditions with 1,2-dipolarophiles to form pyrrolidines.
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Applications
Diethyl aminomalonate hydrochloride is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate. Diethyl aminomalonate with formaldehyde generates an azomethine ylide which can undergo cycloadditions with 1,2-dipolarophiles to form pyrrolidines.
Solubility
Soluble in water.
Notes
Keep container tightly sealed. Store in cool, dry conditions in well sealed containers. It is hygroscopic in nature. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Mario D. Bachi.; Nira Bar-Ner.; Charles M. Crittell.; Peter J. Stang.; Bobby L. Williamson. Synthesis of alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium triflates and their reaction with diethyl 2-aminomalonate. J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56 (12), 3912-3915.
- Ning Chen.; Yuelie Lu.; Kumar Gadamasetti.; Clarence R. Hurt.; Mark H. Norman.; Christopher Fotsch. A Short, Facile Synthesis of 5-Substituted 3-Amino-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylates. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65 (8), 2603-2605.
- Diethyl aminomalonate with formaldehyde generates an azomethine ylide which can undergo cycloadditions with 1,2-dipolarophiles to form pyrrolidines: Tetrahedron Lett., 29, 6649 (1988):