Potassium Cyanide → HCID 22907086, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of potassium cyanide (5.6 g) and ammonium chloride (5.06 g) in water (17 mL) was added a solution of tetrahydrothiopyran-4-one (10 g) in methanol (22 mL) and the mixture was refluxed under heating overnight. After cooling to room temperature, to the reaction mixture was added an aqueous 1N sodium hydroxide solution. The mixture was extracted with diethyl ether and the organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and to a solution of the residue in diethyl ether was added 4N HCl-ethyl acetate. The precipitates were collected by filtration to give 4-amino-4-cyano-tetrahydrothiopyrane hydrochloride (13.6 g, yield: 88%) as a colorless solid.

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