Benzylamine → 2-(benzylamino)acetonitrile

HRID 1248558Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1248558 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([NH2:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:9](#[N:12])[CH2:10]O>>[CH2:1]([NH:8][CH2:10][C:9]#[N:12])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 7504BenzylamineHCID 7857Hydroxyacetonitrile2×

Product 1

HCID 2422122-(benzylamino)acetonitrile

Procedure

Benzyl amine (10.7 grams, 0.1 mole) was added to 8.2 g (0.1 mole) of a 70% aqueous solution of glycolonitrile, HOCH2CN, in a round-bottom flask. The exothermic reaction mixture was stirred for 3 hours with no external heating. The desired product was not recovered.

Workup

  1. customThe desired product was not recovered

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c8b9290655ce49958abc1699e27bab37
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1985_06
Patent number
US04525311

Reaction notes

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