Condensation of substituted aminothiophene (I) with ethyl bromoacetate (II) by means of K2CO3 in refluxing acetone furnishes the corresponding ethyl tetraester (III) (1), which can be converted into the desired strontium salt by treatment with NaOH in refluxing EtOH /H2O, followed by reaction with strontium hydroxide or strontium chloride in H2O. Alternatively, this transformation can also be achieved by direct treatment of (III) with strontium hydroxide in H2O/EtOH.