ramarao - 27-11-2005 at 09:17
Can any body advise the preparation method for ethyl-2-methylacetoacetate from ethylacetoacetate on an economical method?
Sergei_Eisenstein - 27-11-2005 at 10:44
I think the standard method is reacting ethyl acetoacetate with MeI in the presence of a strong base (NaOEt).