Potassium Cyanide → HCID 23321853, compound

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Potassium cyanide (11.18 g) and dibenzo-18-crown-6(1.0 g) are added to a solution of 5-[p-(chloromethyl)phenethyl]imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine (9.5 g) in 300 ml of dry acetonitrile under nitrogen. The mixture is refluxed for 24 hours, the solvent is evaporated and the residue partitioned between methylene chloride and water. The organic phase is separated, dried and evaporated to yield 5-[p-(cyanomethyl)phenethyl]imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine.

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