3-Isopropenylbenzonitrile → 3-(Propan-2-yl)benzonitrile

HRID 1784945

Reaction equation

HRID 1784945 reaction equation
[CH2:1]=[C:2]([C:4]1[CH:5]=[C:6]([CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=1)[C:7]#[N:8])[CH3:3]>C(OCC)(=O)C>[CH:2]([C:4]1[CH:5]=[C:6]([CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=1)[C:7]#[N:8])([CH3:3])[CH3:1]

Participants

3

Reactant 1

HCID 121802503-Isopropenylbenzonitrile

Product 1

HCID 2584403-(Propan-2-yl)benzonitrile

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

To 3-(prop-1-en-2-yl)benzonitrile (1.2 gm, 8.3 mmol) in ethyl acetate (30 ml) 10% Pd/C (120 mg) was added and stirred under hydrogen atmosphere for 16 h. Then the reaction mixture was filtered and solvent evaporated to obtain 3-isopropylbenzonitrile in quantitative yield.

Workup

  1. filtrationThen the reaction mixture was filtered
  2. customsolvent evaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1099a431d62f49558fafaed0b0376f72
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_03
Patent number
US07504420B2

Linked notes

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