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

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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 N-methylpyrrolidone. The stirred mixture is heated to 145° C. and held for one hour, then cooled to about room temperature. Then 150 ml of 2-butanol is added and the stirred mixture is cooled in an ice bath. The solids are filtered, washed with 2-butanol and dried. There is obtained 10.7 gm of 1-amino-1-cyanamido-2,2-dicyanoethylene, sodium salt, 82.5% pure, or a 57.0% yield.

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