Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 3-(2-Bromo-6-nitrophenyl)-2-propenenitrile

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Reaction Steps

2-Bromo-6-nitrobenzaldehyde (30.4 g), magnesium oxide (75 g) and dimethyl sulfoxide (11.3 ml) were sufficiently stirred for one minute. Then, to the mixture was added diethyl (cyanomethyl)phosphonate (25.8 ml) and the mixture was stirred for further 2 hours. The stirring was stopped and the reaction mixture was allowed to stand overnight. Thereafter, ethylacetate was added thereto and the resulting mixture was stirred, followed by filtering. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate), to give 32 g of 3-(2-bromo-6-nitrophenyl)-2-propenenitrile (E isomer:Z isomer=3:1).

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