Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 5-cyano-2,4-dioxo-3-azaspiro[5,5]undecane-1-carboxylate

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0.69 g of sodium metal are suspended in 30 ml of anhydrous ethanol in a 100 ml flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer, thermometer and condenser, in a nitrogen atmosphere. When the sodium has dissolved, 4.8 g of diethylmalonate are added followed, after 15 minutes, by 4.92 g of cyclohexylidenecyanoacetamide. The mixture is left for 1 hour under agitation at 25° C. and then acidified with 36% HCl. The solid obtained is filtered off and dried under vacuum. 6.84 g of ethyl 5-cyano-2,4-dioxo-3-azaspiro[5,5]undecane-1-carboxylate are obtained.

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