Abstract
As a new method of preparing dialkylaminoethyl esters of carboxylic acids, catalytic reduction of benzoylglycolonitrile, α-benzoyloxyisobutyronitrile, and diphenylacetylglycolonitrile, in the presence of dialkylamine, was carried out and the objective esters were obtained. High-pressure reduction of benzoylglycolonitrile with Raney nickel, under the same conditions, was found to cause the reduction of the ester to alcohol and benzyl alcohol was obtained.
