2-Thiophenecarboxaldehyde → 1--Methyl 2-cyano-3-(2-thienyl)acrylate

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A solution of 1.0 ml of piperidine in 10 ml of dioxane was added carefully to a stirred solution of 33.65 g thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde and 29.7 g of methyl cyanoacetate in 40 ml of dioxane. On standing the reaction mixture overnight at room temperature a crystalline precipitate was obtained which was filtered off, washed with cold dioxane and dried in vacuo to give 1, as a solid, mp 104°-106° C.

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