Sodium Cyanide → 4-Aminothiane-4-carbonitrile

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Using the procedure of Stage 1 of Example 1, 8 ml of ammonium hydroxide, 1.58 g of ammonium chloride, 1.23 g of sodium cyanide and 2.51 g of tetrahydro-4H-thiopyran-4-one were reacted and the mixture was stirred for 18 hours at ambient temperature. Extraction was carried out 3 times with methylene chloride, followed by washing with salt water and drying to obtain 2.88 g of the expected product (white crystals) melting at 51°-52° C.

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