Dimethylformamide → Cyanamide, (1-amino-2,2-dicyanoethenyl)-

HRID 2225925Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2225925 reaction equation
[C:1](#[N:5])[CH2:2][C:3]#[N:4].[N-:6]([C:9]#[N:10])[C:7]#[N:8].[Na+].CN(C)C=O>CC(O)CC>[NH2:8][C:7]([NH:6][C:9]#[N:10])=[C:2]([C:1]#[N:5])[C:3]#[N:4]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
168 °C

Procedure

To a 250 ml flask is charged 6.6 gm (0.1 mole) of malononitrile, 8.9 gm (0.1 mole) of sodium dicyanamide and 40 ml of dimethyl formamide. The stirred mixture is heated to reflux (168° C.) and held 15 minutes; then cooled to about room temperature. Then 150 ml 2-butanol is added and the stirred mixture is cooled in an ice bath. The solids are filtered, washed with 2-butanol and dried overnight in a vacuum oven. There is obtained 11.4 gm of 1-amino-1-cyanamido-2,2-dicyanoethylene, sodium salt, 81.2% pure, or a 59.7% yield.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe stirred mixture is heated
  2. temperaturethen cooled to about room temperature
  3. temperaturethe stirred mixture is cooled in an ice bath
  4. filtrationThe solids are filtered
  5. washwashed with 2-butanol
  6. customdried overnight in a vacuum oven

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7bfd476473484a25b64bf82f07c24a81
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_09
Patent number
US05344955

Reaction notes

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