p-Toluidine → 1-(4-Methylanilino)cyclopentane-1-carbonitrile

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Trimethylsilyl cyanide (0.865 ml, 7 mmol) was added dropwise to a mixture of p-toluidine (0.535 g, 5 mmol) and cyclopentanone (0.589 g, 7 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h and then concentrated under vacuum to obtain a brown liquid which was subjected to chromatography (dichloromethane) to yield 1-(4-methylphenyl)aminocyclopentanenitrile, 8a (0.981 g, 4.9 mmol, 98%) as a yellowish solid.

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