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HRID 259374Generated: October 29, 2026

Ethyl cyanoacetate → 2-cyano-N-hexylacetamide

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthyl cyanoacetateHCID 7764—
ReactantHexylamineHCID 8102—
Solvent2-MethoxyethanolHCID 8019—
Product2-cyano-N-hexylacetamideHCID 4379529—

Reaction Steps

Ethyl cyanoacetate (113 g., 1.0 mole), n-hexylamine (101 g., 1.0 mole) and methyl cellosolve (200 ml.) are refluxed with stirring for 1.5 hours and the solvent is removed under reduced pressure to give N-(n-hexyl) cyanoacetamide.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04038065
Source datasetuspto-grants-1977_07
ORD IDord-2fb6d6c065f3425996d72127186ff8f2
Source noteuspto-grants-1977_07