Malononitrile → (2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-Octafluoropentyl)propanedinitrile

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A mixture of compound 5b (15.0 g, 41.2 mmol), malononitrile (5.44 g, 82.4 mmol), and potassium carbonate (28.5 g, 206 mmol) in 1,2-dimethoxymethane (150 ml) was stirred overnight at room temperature under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was quenched with water (150 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×200 ml). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine (200 ml), dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, 85:15 hexanes/EtOAc) to provide 2-(2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-Octafluoropentyl)malononitrile (5c) (7.5 g, 65%) as a white solid:

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