Isobutyronitrile → 2-Methyl-2-phenylpropanenitrile

HRID 44441

Reaction equation

HRID 44441 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-0527e5fadd774f6898b206182be29928
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_09
Patent number
US08541431B2

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