Acrylonitrile → 4-Cyano-2-diaminomethylene-butyric acid ethyl ester

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The resulting 3,3-diamino-acrylic acid ethyl ester hydrochloride (2.2 g, 13.2 mmol) was suspended in tetrahydrofuran (40 mL), triethylamine (2 mL, 14.3 mmol) and acrylonitrile (1.2 mL, 19.3 mmol) were added thereto, and the solution was refluxed for 6 hours. After the reaction was completed, the resulting triethylamine hydrochloride was filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated to obtain the title compound (0.6 g, 3.3 mmol, 25%).

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