Trifluoroacetonitrile → HCID 178458719, compound

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Under a dry nitrogen atmosphere a stirred solution of 2.4 g (0.01 mole) of 2,4-dichloro-5-(1-methylethoxy)phenylhydrazine in 140 mL of methanol was cooled to -60° C. in a dry ice-isopropanol bath. Trifluoroacetonitrile (23.2 g, 0.24 mole) was bubbled into the cold solution during a two minute period. After complete addition the cold solution was stirred for 30 minutes, then allowed to warm slowly to room temperature during the next three hours. A stream of nitrogen gas was bubbled into the room temperature solution to aid in the vaporization and removal of trifluoroacetonitrile, leaving a liquid residue. This residue was evaporated further under reduced pressure to leave a resinous material. This material was stirred in cold pentane to produce a solid. The pentane was decanted and the solid triturated in fresh cold pentane. The pentane was decanted and the solid dried under reduced pressure to yield 2.9 g of N-[2,4-dichloro-5-(1-methylethoxy)anilino]trifluoroacetamidine (mp 80.5°-81° C.).

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