Cyanoacetamide → HCID 13632728, compound

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Reaction Steps

1.68 g of 2-acetyl-4-phenylcyclohexanone, 0.73 g of cyanoacetamide and a small amount of piperidine were mixed with 10 ml of ethanol and the obtained reaction mixture was heated under reflux for two hours. After cooling, the precipitated crystals were filtered and purified to give 1.5 g of 4-cyano-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1-methyl- 3-oxo-7-phenylisoquinoline. m.p. >290° C. NMRδTMSDMSO-d6 : 1.90 (3H, m), 2.20 (3H, s), 2.80 (4H, m), 7.28 (5H, s) and 12.14 (1H, s).

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