Ethyl cyanoacetate → Ethyl cyano(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-ylidene)acetate

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Reaction Steps

155 g (1 mol) of triacetonamine, 113 g of ethyl cyanoacetate, 300 ml of benzene and 31 g of ammonium acetate are kept under reflux for 1.5 hours under a water separator. The benzene phase is treated with 50% of potassium carbonate, the organic phase is dried over sodium sulphate and the benzene is then stripped off in vacuo. Ethyl 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinylidene-cyanoacetate is obtained as an oily residue.

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