Water → Acetic acid-2-(3-cyanopropyl)-benzyl ester

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With exclusion of humidity 12.5 g (0.25 mol) of dry NaCN were heated in 65 ml of anhydrous DMSO to 90°C and at this temperature 44.8 g (0.2 mol) of acetic acid-2-(3-chloropropyl)-benzyl ester were added dropwise. Then the mixture was heated for 50 minutes to 120°C and distributed after cooling between water and ether. The aqueous phase was extracted three times with ether, the organic phase was washed three times with a saturated sodium chloride solution, dried and concentrated under reduced pressure. The product boiled at 128°C/0.2 mm mercury.

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