Water → HCID 54343145, compound

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N-(3'-chloro-1',1'-dimethylacetonyl)-3,5-dichlorobenzamide (30 gm, 0.0972 m), sodium cyanide (15 gm, 0.306 m) and 18-crown-6 (1 gm) were dissolved in 300 ml of acetonitrile in a round bottom flask under a nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was heated to reflux for about 4 hours. The contents of the flask were then cooled and transferred to a separatory funnel along with 100 ml of water and 500 ml of methylene chloride and mixed well. The aqueous layer was discarded and the organic layer was washed sequentially with water and brine, dried and the solvents stripped off to yield 12.5 gm of the product after recrystallization from methylene chloride and hexane.

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