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HRID 20823Generated: October 26, 2026

Potassium Cyanide → (+/-)3-(Dimethylamino)tetrahydro-3-furancarbonitrile

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPotassium CyanideHCID 9032—
ReactantDimethylamine, hydrochlorideHCID 10473—
Reactant3-OxotetrahydrofuranHCID 529392—
Reactant1-(Dimethylamino)cyclopentanecarbonitrileHCID 10773049—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
Product(+/-)3-(Dimethylamino)tetrahydro-3-furancarbonitrileHCID 1063058288%

Reaction Steps

The title compound (6.54 g, 88%) was prepared from dihydro-3(2H)-furanone D44 (4.54 g, 0.053 mol), dimethylamine hydrochloride (4.9 g, 0.06 mol) and potassium cyanide (3.5 g, 0.054 mol) in water (100 ml) in a similar manner to that described in D1. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ: 2.15 (1H, m), 2.33 (6H, s), 2.44 (1H, m), 3.69 (1H, d), 4.02-4.13 (2H, m), 4.17 (1H, m).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07745642B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2010_06
ORD IDord-016a263677f94642b1a0aff980bd059e
Source noteuspto-grants-2010_06