Formic Acid → HCID 67453139, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium methylate (5.40 g, 0.10 mol) is dissolved in ethanol (70 ml) and 3-methyl benzylcyanide (1310 g, 0.10 mol) is added over 2 min. Cyclohexanone (9.80 g, 0.10 mol) is added to the white suspension. The resulting mixture is heated to 85° C. (bath) for 4.5 h. Under icecooling, formic acid (5.0 ml) is added dropwise, upon which the mixture turns colourless. Standard aqueous workup as described in example 1, followed by a short path distillation at 0.05 mbar/157-165° C. yields 12.2 g of product (58% yield), which is further purified by a fine distillation at 0.05 mbar/183° C. to yield 3.95 g (19%) of product as a colourless oil.

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