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Tetramethyl ethene-1,1,2,2-tetracarboxylate: Oxidative homocoupling of dimethyl malonate in the presence of magnesium oxide
Skarzewski,Zon
, p. 2953 - 2957 (1995)
Dimethyl malonate oxidized with CAN in the presence of magnesium oxide forms tetramethyl 1-hydroxyethane-1,1,2,2-tetracarboxylate and tetramethyl ethene-1,1,2,2-tetracarboxylate in high yield. Subsequent dehydration of the mixture provides exclusively tetramethyl ethene-1,1,2,2-tetracarboxylate.