Propionitrile → 2-Nonenenitrile, 2,3-dimethyl-

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Into a 100 ml. flask, equipped with magnetic stirrer, thermometer, condensor and static nitrogen head, was placed 23.6 g. of 2-octanone (0.18 m), 22 g. of propionitrile (0.4 m), 7 g. of Ca(OH)2 (0.09 m), 7 g, of CaO (0.12 m), and 0.6 g. of 25% tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide in water. The solution was held at reflux for 64 hours, whereupon a gas chromatographic analysis of a sample of the reaction mixture showed 10.7% conversion of the ketone to the product nitrile.

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