Dimethylformamide → 4-(Hydroxymethyl)thiophene-2-carbonitrile

HRID 619833

Reaction equation

HRID 619833 reaction equation
I[C:2]1[S:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([CH2:7][OH:8])[CH:3]=1.[CH3:9][N:10](C=O)C>CCOC(C)=O.[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[Zn+2].C1C=CC([P]([Pd]([P](C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)([P](C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)[P](C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)=CC=1>[OH:8][CH2:7][C:4]1[CH:3]=[C:2]([C:9]#[N:10])[S:6][CH:5]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideHCID 22559990(5-Iodothiophen-3-yl)methanol

Product 1

HCID 106542884-(Hydroxymethyl)thiophene-2-carbonitrile

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 11186Zinc cyanide (Zn(CN)2)CatalystHCID 178418397HCID 178418397, compoundCatalystHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
80 °C

Procedure

To a solution of (5-iodothiophene-3-yl)methanol (42 g, 176 mmol) in 150 mL of DMF is added Zn(CN)2 (12.4 g, 106 mmol) and Pd(PPh3)4 (8.13 g, 7.04 mmol). The solution is heated to 80° C. After 6 hours, the solution is diluted with 3 L of EtOAc. The resulting solution is washed with 1 N NH4OH, H2O and sat. NaCl. The organic layer is dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The crude product is purified by column chromatography eluting with gradient of 20% EtOAc/hexanes to 30% EtOAc/hexanes to afford the title compound (10 g, 72 mmol) as a clear oil.

Workup

  1. washThe resulting solution is washed with 1 N NH4OH, H2O and sat. NaCl
  2. dry with materialThe organic layer is dried over MgSO4
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customThe crude product is purified by column chromatography
  6. washeluting with gradient of 20% EtOAc/hexanes to 30% EtOAc/hexanes

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bd47b668258a41c0903fc816ad49a343
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_09
Patent number
US05958918

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