Cyanoacetic acid → 2-cyano-N-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)acetamide

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5-phenyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amine (600 mg, 3.3 mmol), cyano acetic acid (300 mg, 3.6 mmol), and EDC-HCl (861 mg, 4.5 mmol) were stirred in acetonitrile (15 mL) at room temperature for 2 hours. The mixture was diluted with aqueous 1N HCl and the aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was triturated with ethyl acetate/hexanes (1/9) to afford 2-cyano-N-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)acetamide as a white solid which was used without further purification.

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