Cyanoacetamide → alpha-Cyano-beta-(2-Nitro-5-Chlorophenyl)Acrylamide

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A mixture of 5-chloro-2-nitrobenzaldehyde (47.0 g., 0.25 mole), 2-cyanoacetamide (21.0 g., 0.25 mole), diethylamine (0.5 ml.) and ethanol (500 ml) is heated at reflux for one hour. Sodium ethoxide (10 mg.) is added to the clear mixture and refluxing continued for an additional 2.5 hours. It is then cooled and the crystalline product which precipitates recovered by filtration. Yield = 52.3 g. (88%); m.p. of crude = 183°-185° C. It is used without purification in step B.

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