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HRID 1176949Generated: October 27, 2026

Dimethylformamide → 4,4'-dicyanobenzil

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDimethylformamideHCID 6228—
Reactant4,4'-DibromobenzilHCID 96430—
ReactantHCID 178418260HCID 178418260—
Product4,4'-dicyanobenzilHCID 1097820148%

Reaction Steps

Here we have discovered that the compound can be easily synthesized from commercially available 4,4′-dibromobenzil. The reaction between 4,4′-dibromobenzil and copper cyanide in DMF at 165° C. yielded 4,4′-dicyanobenzil (JYC-I-097-A) as a yellow solid (1.36 g, 48%) after column chromatography. The scheme of the reaction is shown in FIG. 12.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07842830B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2010_11
ORD IDord-039f4329f7f94b19991756b79995d8cb
Source noteuspto-grants-2010_11