O-Xylene → HCID 21427949, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A solution of 80.7 g of acrylonitrile and 5.3 g of copper(II) 2-ethylhexanoate in 250 g or o-xylene was heated to the boil (97° C.), after which 151.5 g of 99% pure alpha-nonylacrolein oxime were added dropwise in the course of 15 minutes, the temperature increasing to 115° C. during the addition. When the addition was complete, refluxing was continued for a further 10 minutes, after which the reaction mixture was cooled to -8° C. and the precipitated acrylamide was filtered off under suction. Fractional distillation of the mother liquor gave 121 g (89%) of alpha-nonylacrylonitrile of boiling point 122°-124° C./ 12 mbar.

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