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HRID 1167894Generated: November 1, 2026

Acetic Acid → (trans)Cyan-(3,4-dimethyl-cyclopentylidene)-acetic acid ethyl ester

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetic AcidHCID 176—
ReactantEthyl cyanoacetateHCID 7764—
ReactantAmmonium AcetateHCID 517165—
Reactantrel-(3R,4R)-3,4-DimethylcyclopentanoneHCID 643073—
SolventTolueneHCID 1140—
Product(trans)Cyan-(3,4-dimethyl-cyclopentylidene)-acetic acid ethyl esterHCID 1297014893%

Reaction Steps

Trans-3,4-dimethyl cyclopentanone (2.91 g, 25.94 mmol), ethyl cyanoacetate (2.93 g, 25.93 mmol), ammonium acetate (0.20 g, 2.60 mmol), and acetic acid (0.31 g, 5.17 mmol) were heated together in refluxing toluene under a Dean-Stark trap for 24 hours. After cooling and filtration through kieselguhr, evaporation gave the required product as an off-white solid (5.0 g, 93%).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06620829B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2003_09
ORD IDord-3de6020271e44f25b4252e6bf1fad291
Source noteuspto-grants-2003_09