Water → HCID 14519885, compound

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A two-phase mixture of crude 1-bromomethyl-4-methyl-2-phenylmethoxybenzene (21.84 g, 75 mmol), NaCN (11.0 g, 0.22 mol), tetrabutylammonium bromide (2.4 g, 7.5 mmol), water (25 ml) and CH2Cl2 (50 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and the layers were separated. The organic layer was washed well with water to remove tetrabutylammonium salts and after drying (CaCl2) the solvent was removed to give (4-methyl-2-phenylmethoxyphenyl)acetonitrile (17.8 g, 100% crude yield) as an oil.

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