Water → Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-(2,2-dibromoethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-, cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl ester, (1R-(1alpha(S*),3alpha))-

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Sodium cyanide (0.80 g, 0.016 mole) was charged to a reaction vessel together with 25 ml of a mixture of water and tetrahydrofuran (1/1 by volume). 3-Phenoxybenzaldehyde (2.31 g, 0.012 mole) in 10 ml of water/tetrahydrofuran solution (1/1 by volume) was then added in one portion, and 3-(2,2-dibromoethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarbonyl chloride (4.4 g, 0.014 mole) was added dropwise over a 15 minute period. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 20°, and the desired ester (6.97 g, 86% pure by glpc) was isolated as described in Example 1E. EXAMPLE 3

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