Dimethylformamide → HCID 59278335, compound

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In a sealed tube was added N-(5-bromo-pyrimidin-2-yl)-N-methyl-acetamide (0.70 g, 3.04 mmol), Zn(CN)2 (0.59 g, 5.00 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.35 g, 0.30 mmol) in anhydrous DMF was degassed with Argon for 5 minutes and then warmed at 120° C. After 5 hours, the mixture was cooled and diluted with saturated aqueous NH4Cl and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with 20% ethyl acetate in heptane. The major fractions were combined and the solvent was concentrated in vacuo to afford N-(5-cyano-pyrimidin-2-yl)-N-methyl-acetamide.

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