Dimethylformamide → Benzonitrile, 3-ethyl-

HRID 732002

Reaction equation

HRID 732002 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([CH2:8][CH3:9])[CH:3]=1.[CH3:10][N:11](C=O)C>C(OCC)(=O)C.[C-]#N.[Zn+2].[C-]#N.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>[C:10]([C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([CH2:8][CH3:9])[CH:3]=1)#[N:11]

Participants

6

Reactant 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideHCID 123170Benzene, 1-bromo-3-ethyl-

Product 1

HCID 96692Benzonitrile, 3-ethyl-

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

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

Conditions

Temperature
80 °C

Procedure

Argon was bubbled into a solution of 1-bromo-3-ethylbenzene (2.5 g, 13.5 mmol) in DMF (37 ml) for 10 min. and then zinc cyanide (1.75 g, 14.9 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (1.56 g, 1.35 mmol) were added. After stirring at 80° C. overnight the reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (35 ml) then filtered through celite to remove the precipitate. The filtrate was washed with water (3×), saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The product was purified by flash column chromatography using 2% ethyl acetate in hexane affording a colorless liquid (1.42 g). GC-MS (M+): 131.18.

Workup

  1. filtrationthen filtered through celite
  2. customto remove the precipitate
  3. washThe filtrate was washed with water (3×), saturated brine
  4. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated
  7. customThe product was purified by flash column chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0a24c6d7c22f4dd6a1791c01d3a2e967
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_09
Patent number
US07585881B2

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