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Gudrun Fickert

Christoph Theis

Cyanacetaldehyde acetals, which can be substituted at the alpha carbon atom, form in a high yield and purity by the transposition of the appropriately substituted 3-alkoxy-nitriles with alcohols in the presence of basic catalysts from the group of the alcoholates of the alkali or alkaline earth metals, followed by deactivation of the catalyst. Short reaction times and high yields combined with a minimum production of byproducts are achieved by the continuous performance of the transposition in the continuous-flow reactor.

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Gudrun Fickert