Hydrochloric Acid → Dimethylamino-(1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]dec-8-yl)-acetonitrile

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40% aqueous dimethylamine solution (85 ml, 0.67 mole), 1,4-dioxa-spiro-[4.5]decane-8-carbaldehyde 5 (240 g, 0.141 mole) and potassium cyanide (22.05 g, 0.338 mole) were added while cooling with ice to a mixture of 4N hydrochloric acid (37 ml) and methanol (22 ml). The mixture was stirred for four days at room temperature and then, after adding water (80 ml), extracted with diethyl ether (4×100 ml). The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated by evaporation in vacuo, and the product was obtained as a white solid.

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