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HRID 722842Generated: October 31, 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 numberUS07138542B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2006_11
ORD IDord-c5329fa759864d49a198102a67b8cde1
Source noteuspto-grants-2006_11