Acetic Anhydride → HCID 18423076, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 4-bromomethyl-3-nitrobenzonitrile (25.7 g) in tetrahydrofuran (250 ml) was added a 2.0 M tetrahydrofuran solution (59 ml) of a borane-methylsulfide complex and the mixture was refluxed under heating for 4.5 hr. To the reaction mixture was added hydrochloric acid-methanol and the mixture was refluxed under heating for 1.5 hr. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give a brown oil. The obtained brown oil was crystallized from ethyl acetate to give yellow white crystals. To a mixed solution of the obtained yellow white crystals, acetic anhydride (12.1 ml), water (50 ml) and ethyl acetate (100 ml) was added an aqueous solution (50 ml) of sodium hydroxide (12.8 g) under ice-cooling. This reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2.5 hr and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent; chloroform:methanol=20:1) to give the title compound (21.4 g) as a brown oil.

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