Isobutyraldehyde → 4-Formyl-4-methylvaleronitrile

HRID 867135Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 867135 reaction equation
[OH-].[Na+].[C:3](#[N:6])[CH:4]=[CH2:5].[CH:7](=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[CH3:9]>>[CH3:9][C:8]([CH3:10])([CH2:5][CH2:4][C:3]#[N:6])[CH:7]=[O:11]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 6561Isobutyraldehyde2×HCID 7855Acrylonitrile2×HCID 14798Sodium Hydroxide

Product 1

HCID 802314-Formyl-4-methylvaleronitrile

Procedure

Starting Materials: 50% caustic soda solution; reaction temp.; choice between 20° to 50° C.; mole ratio acrylonitrile:isobutyraldehyde as 1.1:1. Feed of acrylonitrile and isobutyraldehyde/hour: 280 ml.

Workup

  1. customreaction temp
  2. custombetween 20° to 50° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3ceb20fe335f49c9a7eab483e853595d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_07
Patent number
US04102913

Reaction notes

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