2-Nitropropane → 4-Methyl-4-nitrovaleronitrile

Participants

Reaction Steps

(vii-1) Acrylonitrile and 2-nitropropane are reacted in the presence of hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium chloride in an aqueous alkali solvent such as aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and the like. Then, the reaction mixture is extracted to give 4-methyl-4-nitrovaleronitrile (European Journal of Organic Chemistry (1998), (2), 355–357). The obtained 4-methyl-4-nitrovaleronitrile can be isolated and/or purified by a conventional method, such as crystallization, chromatography and the like, but generally, can be used in the next step without isolation and/or purification.

Provenance & Evidence