Methanol → Methyl 4-cyanobenzoate

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Reaction Steps

m-Cyanobenzamide (73.0 g, 0.5 mol) which has a purity of 99% or more and methanol (460.3 g) were placed in a 2 l-separable flask, and the mixture was allowed to react at 64° C. for 12 hours while a 20% hydrochloric acid/methanol solution (162.4 g) prepared in advance was added thereto with stirring. Gas chromatographic analysis revealed that the reaction mixture contained 74.9 g of methyl p-cyanobenzoate (yield 93%).

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