Trimethylsilyl cyanide → 1-Dimethylamino-4-(N',N'-dimethyl-hydrazino)-piperidine-4-carbonitrile

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Reaction Steps

2.25 g [4-(Dimethyl-hydrazono)-piperidin-1-yl]-dimethyl-amine (from Step 1) is dissolved in 25 ml water, cooled in an ice bath, and 3.64 g trimethylsilyl cyanide is added at such a rate, that the internal temperature does not exceed 10° C. Then the mixture is stirred at ambient temperature for 18 hours, extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic layer washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and the solvent evaporated, to give 2.1 g 1-Dimethylamino-4-(N′,N′-dimethyl-hydrazino)-piperidine-4-carbonitrile. 1H-NMR (CDCl3): 2.74 ppm (m, 2H), 2.50 ppm (m, 2H), 2.40 ppm (s, 6H), 2.35 ppm (s, broad, 1H), 2.24 ppm (s, 6H), 1.95 ppm (m, 2H), 1.60 ppm (m, 2H).

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