Sulfuric Acid → HCID 12822290, compound

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Forty grams (0.153 mole) of α,α-diphenyl-α-(1-methyl-3-azetidinyl)acetonitrile was heated in 150 g. of 70% sulfuric acid solution for 48 hrs. at 130° C. The reaction mixture was poured onto ice and made basic with a 50% sodium hydroxide solution while cooling with the addition of more ice. This mixture was extracted with chloroform, combined extracts dried, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was crystallized from toluene, weighed 34.5 g. and melted at 148°-150° C. Ten grams was recrystallized twice from toluene, weighed 7.5 g., and melted at 149°-151° C.

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