2-Methoxyprop-2-enenitrile → 685094-19-3

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Suspend 4-cyanophenyl hydrazine hydrochloride (5 g, 29.58 mmol) in tert-butanol (60 mL). Add methoxyacrylonitrile (2.458 g, 29.58 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (3.975 g, 35.49 mmol) and heat the mixture at 90° C. overnight. Concentrate in vacuo and partition the residue between EtOAc/water. Extract the organic phase with 10% hydrochloric acid. Neutralize the aqueous phase with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 and extract twice with EtOAc. Dry the combined organic extracts over MgSO4, filter and concentrate in vacuo to obtain a solid that was washed with ether/hexane. Filter and dry the solid in vacuo to obtain the desired intermediate.

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