Formaldehyde → HCID 131721227, compound

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It is also known that malonitrile can be reacted in glacial acetic acid, in the presence of potassium acetate, with gaseous formaldehyde at 100° C. to produce bis(methylol) malonitrile (Ardis, A. E.; Averill, S. J.; Gilbert, H.; Miller, F. F.; Schmidt, R. F.; Stewart, F. D.; and Trumbull, H. L.; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 72 (1950), 1305), although the yield is only 24% of the theoretical yield.

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