Acetonitrile → Pentanenitrile, 4,4-dimethyl-3-oxo-

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Reaction Steps

Using analogous procedures to those described in the portion of Note [36] immediately above that is concerned with the preparation of starting materials, ethyl pivaloate was reacted with acetonitrile to give 4,4-dimethyl-3-oxopentanenitrile which in turn was reacted with hydrazine hydrate to give the required starting material.

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