Acrylonitrile → HCID 21999706, compound

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A mixture of 1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)piperazine (0.1 mol), 2-propenenitrile (0.15 mol), and N-methyl-N,N-dioctyl octanaminiumchloride (1 ml) in 2-propanol (150 ml) was stirred and refluxed for one hour. The solvent was evaporated and the residue was purified by column chromatography over silica gel (eluent: CH2Cl2 /CH3OH 95/5). The pure fractions were collected and the solvent was evaporated. The residue was stirred in diisopropylether/acetonitrile 10/1. The solvent was evaporated, yielding 28 g (98.5%) of 4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-piperazinepropanenitrile (interm. 3).

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