(Triphenylphosphoranylidene)acetonitrile → (E)-Methyl 4,5-dichloro-2-(2-cyanovinyl)benzoate

HRID 715997

Reaction equation

HRID 715997 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:11]([Cl:12])=[CH:10][C:5]([C:6]([O:8][CH3:9])=[O:7])=[C:4]([CH:13]=O)[CH:3]=1.C1(P(=[CH:34][C:35]#[N:36])(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)C=CC=CC=1>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:11]([Cl:12])=[CH:10][C:5]([C:6]([O:8][CH3:9])=[O:7])=[C:4](/[CH:13]=[CH:34]/[C:35]#[N:36])[CH:3]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 85524(Triphenylphosphoranylidene)acetonitrileHCID 86647797Methyl 4,5-dichloro-2-formylbenzoate

Product 1

HCID 86647796(E)-Methyl 4,5-dichloro-2-(2-cyanovinyl)benzoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 1140TolueneSolvent

Procedure

A mixture of the product from Example 56C (2.0 g, 8.6 mmol) and (triphenylphosphoranylidene)acetonitrile (2.87 g, 9.5 mmol) in toluene (30 mL) was refluxed for 24 hours. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and filtered through a short plug of silica gel eluting with diethyl ether to remove the triphenyl phosphine oxide. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was purified via flash chromatography on a silica gel:column (5:95 ethyl acetate:hexane) to afford the title compound and the corresponding Z isomer. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 3.88 (s, 3H) 6.55 (d, J=16.27 Hz, 1H) 8.05 (d, J=16.95 Hz, 1H) 8.09 (s, 1H) 8.13 (s, 1H); MS (DCI+) m/z 273.0 [M+H]+.

Workup

  1. temperaturewas refluxed for 24 hours
  2. filtrationfiltered through a short plug of silica gel eluting with diethyl ether
  3. customto remove the triphenyl phosphine oxide
  4. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated
  5. customthe residue was purified via flash chromatography on a silica gel

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-13a5e6b49ab040bd9fbfb79bae8bcdbe
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_11
Patent number
US09187483B2

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