Potassium Carbonate → 5-Acetyl-2-aminothieno[3,2-b]thiophene-3-carbonitrile

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A mixture of 18.7 parts of 2-amino-4-chloro-3-cyano-5-formylthiophene, 13.8 parts of potassium carbonate and 80 parts of N,N-dimethylformamide was introduced first, and 9 parts of acetonylmercaptan were then added. After the exothermic reaction had died down, the mixture was heated at 60° C. for 1 hour and then discharged onto water. The precipitate was filtered off with suction, washed with water and dried. This gave 17.9 parts (81% of theory) of 5-acetyl-2-amino-3-cyanothieno[3,2-b]thiophene.

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