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organic compounds
The title compound, C10H14N2O, serves as an precursor for ring-closure reactions to afford, for example, naphthyridines and quinolined1ones. In the crystal, the molecule does not show any pre-organization favouring a ring closure; the heptanedinitrile chain is almost antiperi-planar, with the C-C-C angles having nearly perfect tetrahedral values.