Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Ethyl-2-hydroxy-5-nitrohexanenitrile

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To a suspension of sodium cyanide (4.5 g) and 3-ethyl-4-nitro-pentanal (7.5 g) in ether (50 ml) was added conc. hydrochloric acid (7.5 ml) at 0° C. with stirring. The resulting mixture was stirred at 0° C. for an hour, diluted with ether, washed successively with water and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and then evaporated to dryness in vacuo to give 4-ethyl-2-hydroxy-5-nitro-hexanenitrile (8.1 g).

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