Water → Butylpropanedinitrile

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Reaction Steps

26.4 g of malononitrile was dissolved in 60 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide and 56 g of potassium carbonate was added thereto, followed by stirring for 1 hour at room temperature. To the solution was added 40 g of iodobutane at about 0° C. and stirred for 30 minutes at the same temperature and for additional 4 hours at room temperature. Then, the reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed successively with water and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue obtained was subjected to silica gel column chromatography to give 17 g of 2-butylmalononitrile.

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