Sodium hydride → 4-(3-Methyl-5-nitropyrid-2-yl)-4,4-bis(carbethoxy)-butyronitrile

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2-(2-Cyanoethyl)malonic acid diethyl ester (148.3 g) was reacted with sodium hydride (15.3 g) in tetrahydrofuran at 20° C. 2-Chloro-3-methyl-5-nitropyridine (100 g) was added and the internal temperature was raised to 100° C. (some tetrahydrofuran was distilled off) over 14 hrs. The reaction mixture was partitioned between water and chloroform, the chloroform extract was dried, treated with charcoal and filtered through a silica bed and then evaporated to dryness. Crystallisation of the residue from ethanol gave 4-(3-methyl-5-nitropyrid-2-yl)-4,4-bis(carbethoxy)-butyronitrile (99 g) m.p. 64°-65.5° C.

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