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HRID 444459Generated: October 29, 2026

Malononitrile → [3,4'-BIPYRIDINE]-5-CARBONITRILE,6-METHOXY-

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantMalononitrileHCID 8010—
ReactantSodium MethoxideHCID 10942334—
Reactant3-Dimethylamino-2-(4-pyridinyl)acroleinHCID 54197717—
SolventMethanolHCID 887—
Product[3,4'-BIPYRIDINE]-5-CARBONITRILE,6-METHOXY-HCID 13345674—

Reaction Steps

A recently published abstract ["Current Abstracts of Chemistry", Vol. 74, Issue 814, Item 285573, 1979] of a Polish publication [Nantkanomirski and Kaczmarek, Polish J. Pharmacol. Pharmacy 30(5), 707-12 (1978)] shows, inter alia, the reaction of 3-dimethylamino-2-(4-pyridinyl)acrolein [same as β-(dimethylamino)-α-(4-pyridinyl)acrolein] with malononitrile in the presence of sodium methoxide in methanol to produce 2-methoxy-5-(4-pyridinyl)nicotinonitrile.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04264609
Source datasetuspto-grants-1981_04
ORD IDord-84efa2c441514d7d895b3bee1b586c3e
Source noteuspto-grants-1981_04