Isoamyl Nitrite → 2-Hydroxyimino-2-(3-phenoxyphenyl)acetonitrile

HRID 1070038Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1070038 reaction equation
[O-]CC.[Na+].[Na].[O:6]([C:13]1[CH:14]=[C:15]([CH2:19][C:20]#[N:21])[CH:16]=[CH:17][CH:18]=1)[C:7]1[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=1.[N:22](OCCC(C)C)=[O:23]>C(O)C.C(OCC)C>[OH:23][N:22]=[C:19]([C:15]1[CH:16]=[CH:17][CH:18]=[C:13]([O:6][C:7]2[CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=2)[CH:14]=1)[C:20]#[N:21]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 8053Isoamyl NitriteHCID 40075m-Phenoxybenzyl cyanideHCID 2723922Sodium ethoxideHCID 5360545Sodium

Product 1

HCID 853082792-Hydroxyimino-2-(3-phenoxyphenyl)acetonitrileYield 45%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 702EthanolSolvent2×HCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of sodium ethoxide prepared from sodium (1.09 g) and ethanol (20 ml), a solution of 3-phenoxyphenylacetonitrile (8.30 g) in ethanol (15 ml) was added dropwise at 0° C., and then isoamyl nitrite (7.99 ml) was added dropwise. After stirring for 15 hours at room temperature, diethyl ether was added and the mixture was washed sequentially with 1N HCl, aqueous sodium bicarbonate and then saturated aqueous sodium chloride. The diethyl ether layer was dried (MgSO4), concentrated, and the residue was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel. The crystals obtained from a fraction eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:4, v/v) were recrystallized with ethyl acetate-hexane to obtain 2-hydroxyimino-2-(3-phenoxyphenyl)acetonitrile (4.25 g, yield: 45%) as pale-yellow crystals. A mixture of the E- form and the Z- form. m.p. 124-125° C.

Workup

  1. washthe mixture was washed sequentially with 1N HCl, aqueous sodium bicarbonate
  2. dry with materialThe diethyl ether layer was dried (MgSO4)
  3. concentrationconcentrated
  4. customThe crystals obtained from a fraction
  5. washeluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:4, v/v)
  6. customwere recrystallized with ethyl acetate-hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4315ba764d5148efaf6776f8b73e386d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_06
Patent number
US06251926B1

Reaction notes

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