Lithium Hydroxide → 1-Methyl-2-oxocyclopentane-1-carbonitrile

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A solution of lithium hydroxide (0.2226 g, 9.30 mmol) in water (5 mL) and iodomethane (0.591 mL, 9.46 mmol) were added to a stirred solution of 2-oxocyclopentanecarbonitrile (0.86 g, 7.88 mmol) in methanol (5 mL) at room temperature. The resulting mixture was heated to 50° C. for 1.5 h. The methanol solvent was removed in vacuo. The aqueous residue was extracted with ether (2×25 mL). The combined ether extracts were dried (Na2SO4), decanted and concentrated to give 1-methyl-2-oxocyclopentanecarbonitrile (0.76 g, 78% yield). 1H NMR (500 MHz, chloroform-d) δ ppm 2.63-2.74 (1 H, m), 2.43 (2 H, t, J=7.21 Hz), 1.59-1.93 (4 H, m), 1.34 (3 H, d, J=6.94 Hz).

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