Acetic Acid → N-(2-cyano-3-methylbutanoyl)urea

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Cyanoacetylurea (116.1 g) was suspended in N,N-dimethylformamide (219.3 ml), and acetone (73.1 ml), acetic acid (10.8 ml) and ammonium acetate (6.93 g) were added. This suspension was subjected to catalytic hydrogenation in the presence of 10% palladium carbon (2.33 g, 50% wet product) under hydrogen pressure at 10 kg/cm2 and at 25° C. for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was heated to 70° C., and the catalyst was filtered off. Water (745 ml) was added to the filtrate to allow precipitation of crystals. The crystals were collected by filtration to give crystals of N-(2-cyano-3-methylbutanoyl)urea (yield 134.5 g).

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