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HRID 458012Generated: October 29, 2026

Acetic Acid → (trans)Cyan-(3,4-dimethyl-cyclopentylidene)-acetic acid ethyl ester

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetic AcidHCID 176—
ReactantEthyl cyanoacetateHCID 7764—
ReactantAmmonium AcetateHCID 517165—
Reactantrel-(3R,4R)-3,4-DimethylcyclopentanoneHCID 643073—
SolventTolueneHCID 1140—
Product(trans)Cyan-(3,4-dimethyl-cyclopentylidene)-acetic acid ethyl esterHCID 1297014893%

Reaction Steps

Trans-3,4-dimethyl cyclopentanone (2.91 g, 25.94 mmol), ethyl cyanoacetate (2.93 g, 25.93 mmol), ammonium acetate (0.20 g, 2.60 mmol), and acetic acid (0.31 g, 5.17 mmol) were heated together in refluxing toluene under a Dean-Stark trap for 24 hours. After cooling and filtration through kieselguhr, evaporation gave the required product as an off-white solid (5.0 g, 93%).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07189747B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2007_03
ORD IDord-a0a01d2ca7904c7eab86048a93e4722d
Source noteuspto-grants-2007_03