Sodium Acetate → N'-(4-cyanophenyl)acetohydrazide

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A solution of 5 g of 4-cyanophenylhydrazine hydrochloride in 40 ml of acetic acid is admixed with 2.7 g of sodium acetate and then heated at 80° C. for 20 hours. The reaction mixture is concentrated under vacuum, the residue is taken up in water and extracted with AcOEt, the organic phase is washed with saturated NaCl solution and dried over MgSO4 and the solvent is evaporated under vacuum. The residue is triturated in a PE/AcOEt mixture (90/10; v/v) and the precipitate formed is filtered off with suction. This gives 4.8 g of the expected compound.

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