4-Amino-3-nitrobenzonitrile → 3,4-Diaminobenzonitrile

HRID 1267146Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1267146 reaction equation
[NH2:1][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:5]([C:6]#[N:7])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[N+:10]([O-])=O.[H][H]>CO.[Pd]>[NH2:10][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:8]=[CH:9][C:2]=1[NH2:1])[C:6]#[N:7]

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 5959014-Amino-3-nitrobenzonitrileHCID 178418361HCID 178418361, compound

Product 1

HCID 7372853,4-DiaminobenzonitrileYield 90.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 23938PalladiumCatalystHCID 887MethanolSolvent

Procedure

After 4-amino-3-nitrobenzonitrile (3.26 g, 20 mmol) was treated with hydrogen in MeOH (300 mL) in the presence of 5% palladium on active carbon (1 g) at room temperature for 16 hours, the reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated to give 3,4-diaminobenzonitrile (2.4 g, 90% yield). A solution of 3,4-diaminobenzonitrile (2 g, 15 mmol) in THF (100 mL) was treated with carbonyldiimidazole (CDI, 3.2 g, 19 mmol) at room temperature for 18 hours. The mixture was diluted with EtOAc (150 mL), washed with 1N HCl (30 mL) and brine, and dried over MgSO4. Filtration and concentration gave 5-cyanobenzimidazolinone (1.9 g, 80%). 1H NMR (CD3OD) δ 7.40 (dd, J=8.1 Hz, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.34 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.15 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H); MS: 160.1 (M+H)+.

Workup

  1. filtrationthe reaction mixture was filtered
  2. concentrationthe filtrate was concentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-cf3e384ee8274bb4b6631b12fda18664
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_04
Patent number
US06552042B2

Reaction notes

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