Scheme 1.
Reagent and conditions: a) methylhydrozine, water, reflux, 5 h, 27%; b) diethyl 2-oxomalonate, anhydrous methanol, reflux, 3 d, 44%; c) 1. 1 N NaOH, rt, overnight; 2, HCl, 47%.
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