REACTION OF CITRAL WITH ACETONE CYANOHYDRIN AND DIETHYLAMINE, AND THERMOLYSIS OF THE RESULTING AMINONITRILE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00957780

The reactions of citral with acetone cyanohydrin and secondary amines (diethylamine, piperidine, morpholine, and N-methylaniline) to give 2-substituted amino-4,8-dimethyl-3,7-nonadienoic acid nitriles have been examined.Possible pathways for these reactions are discussed.The thermolysis of 2-diethylamino-4,8-dimethyl-3,7-nonadienoic acid nitrile has been examined in solution, to give irreversibly 3-cyano-1-diethylamino-3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadiene, this reaction proceeding faster in polar than in nonpolar solvents.