(+-)-2-Butanol → Cyanamide, (1-amino-2,2-dicyanoethenyl)-

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To a 1 liter flask is charged 89 gm(1.0 mole) of sodium dicyanamide and 282 ml of N,N-dimethylacetamide. The stirred mixture is heated to 147° C. and 72.6 gm (1.1 mole) of malononitrile in 72.6 gm of N,N-dimethylacetamide is added dropwise over 2 hours and 25 minutes. The mixture is stirred at 147° C. for an additional 3 hours and 15 minutes; then cooled to 60° C. Next the reaction mixture is charged to a 2 liter flask containing 1276 gm of 2-butanol and stirred overnight at room temperature. The slurry is then filtered, and the wet cake slurried in 319 gm 2-butanol and again filtered. The solids are dried overnight at 70° C. in a vacuum oven. There is obtained 144.9 gm of 1-amino-1-cyanamido-2,2-dicyanoethylene, sodium salt, 84.5% pure, or a 78.9% yield.

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