Ethyl cyanoacetate → Ethyl 1-cyanocyclopropanecarboxylate

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Ethyl 2-cyanoacetate (0.85 g, 7.5 mmol, 1 equiv), 1,2-dibromoethane (1.3 mL, 15 mmol, 2 equiv) and K2CO3 (3.18 g, 22.5 mmol, 3 equiv) was dissolved in acetone (6 mL), and the mixture was stirred for 16 h at 80° C. The reaction mixture was filtered, concentrated to give the crude product as a yellow oil (1.84 g, 100%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ: 4.18 (t, 2H), 1.75 (t, 2H), 1.60 (m, 2H), 1.20 (t, 3H).

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