Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 20279807, compound

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Reaction Steps

30 g. (0.17 m) of acetic acid (3-methyl-4-nitro-1-buten-3-yl)ester was diluted with 600 cc of pyridine. To this was added dropwise a solution of 50 g. (0.32 m) PCl3 in 50 cc of CH2Cl2 over a 1/2 hour period. The mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. Ice, followed by 600 ml. concentrated HCl, was subsequently added to the reaction mixture. Extraction with ether and chromatographic separation of the crude product yielded acetic acid (3-methyl-3-cyano-1-propen-3-yl)ester as a colorless oil.

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