Formamide → Formamide

HRID 1650264Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1](#[N:4])[CH:2]=[CH2:3].[CH:5]([NH2:7])=[O:6].[Na]>>[C:1]([CH2:2][CH2:3][N:7]([CH2:3][CH2:2][C:1]#[N:4])[CH:5]=[O:6])#[N:4].[C:1](#[N:4])[CH:2]=[CH2:3].[CH:5]([NH2:7])=[O:6]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 713Formamide

HCID 7855Acrylonitrile

HCID 5360545Sodium

Product 3

HCID 713Formamide

HCID 7855Acrylonitrile

HCID 76983Formamide, N,N-bis(2-cyanoethyl)-

Procedure

Reactions of acrylonitrile and formamide in the presence of bases have been described. Thus, according to DRP 735,771, N,N-bis-(2-cyanoethyl)-formamide is obtained from 2 moles of acrylonitrile and 1 mole of formamide using catalytic quantities of sodium.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-5b6757d382f0486cbf0a3675e60e47a6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1990_05
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04923952

Reaction notes

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