Isobutyronitrile → 2-Methyl-2-phenylpropanenitrile

HRID 1942121

Reaction equation

HRID 1942121 reaction equation
F[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:8](#[N:12])[CH:9]([CH3:11])[CH3:10].C[Si]([N-][Si](C)(C)C)(C)C.[K+]>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.C(OCC)C>[CH3:10][C:9]([C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)([CH3:11])[C:8]#[N:12]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 6559IsobutyronitrileHCID 10008FluorobenzeneHCID 3251421Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide

Product 1

HCID 27975912-Methyl-2-phenylpropanenitrileYield 50.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 1140TolueneSolvent2×HCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
80 °C

Procedure

To a solution of fluorobenzene (5.85 mL, 62.4 mmol) in 100 mL of anhydrous toluene was added isobutyronitrile (22.5 mL, 250 mmol) followed by 200 mL (100 mmol) of a 0.5 M solution of KHMDS in toluene. The reaction was stirred at 80° C. for 24 hours. The reaction was then allowed to cool to room temperature, diluted with diethyl ether, and washed with water and brine. The organic fraction was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The product was purified by flash chromatography using an ethyl acetate/hexanes gradient to yield 4.57 g (50%) of the objective compound as a brown oil. MS: (ESI, Pos) m/z 168.0 (M+23). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 7.48 (d, 2H), 7.39 (t, 2H), 7.31 (t, 1H), 1.73 (s, 6H).

Workup

  1. temperatureto cool to room temperature
  2. washwashed with water and brine
  3. dry with materialThe organic fraction was dried over sodium sulfate
  4. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
  5. customThe product was purified by flash chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-efc82b1cf5a441138d542df39f2d5dd0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_03
Patent number
US08389534B2

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