Potassium Hydroxide → 4-Trifluoromethylnicotinamide

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Reaction Steps

3-[(4,4,4-Trifluoro-3-oxo-1-butenyl)amino]-2-propenenitrile (a mixture of IIa and IIb; 1.90 g, 10 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (15 ml), and potassium hydroxide (990 mg, 15 mmol) was added. The mixture was heated under reflux for 6 hours. The reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (a eluting solvent: hexane/acetone=1/1) to obtain 1.03 g (yield 52.6%) of the title compound.

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