Acrylonitrile → HCID 20379424, compound

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3-(p-Phenoxyphenoxy)propionitrile was prepared by heating under reflux for 18 hours a mixture of 25 g of p-phenoxyphenol, 28.4 g of acrylonitrile and 5 ml of a 40% solution of benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide in methanol. It was worked up by cooling, diluting with 400 ml water, extracting using ethyl acetate; washing the organic layer with 5% aqueous sodium hydroxide, drying, evaporating the solvent, and recrystallizing from hexane to yield 11.1 g of 3-(p-phenoxyphenoxy)propionitrile m.p. 81-3° C.

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