2-Aminobenzonitrile → 2-[N-(5-methyl-2-nitrobenzylidene)amino]benzonitrile

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Toluene (167 ml) and 2-aminobenzonitrile (19.7 g, 167 mmol) were added to 5-methyl-2-nitrobenzaldehyde (27.5 g, 167 mmol) as obtained in Reference Example 1, and the mixture was stirred and refluxed for 14 hours, followed by cooling. The resultant crystals were filtered off, washed with a mixed solvent of hexane/toluene (2:1, 150 ml) and hexane (150 ml) twice to give 27.5 g of 2-[N-(5-methyl-2-nitrobenzylidene)amino]benzonitrile. In addition, the solid precipitated from the filtrate was filtered off and washed with hexane (100 ml and 50 ml) to give 10.0 g of the compound.

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