2-Fluoro-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzonitrile → 2-Methylthio-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzonitrile

HRID 1432756Notes

Reaction equation

F[C:2]1[CH:9]=[C:8]([C:10]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([C:16]([F:19])([F:18])[F:17])=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[C:4]#[N:5].[CH3:20][SH:21].[Na]>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:20][S:21][C:2]1[CH:9]=[C:8]([C:10]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([C:16]([F:19])([F:18])[F:17])=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[C:4]#[N:5]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 60 °C

Procedure

To 3.0 g (11.3 mmol) of 2-fluoro-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzonitrile in 50 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide, 7.0 g (15.0 mmol) of 15% aqueous sodium methyl mercaptan was added dropwise at room temperature. After 6 hours of stirring at 60° C., the reaction mixture was poured into 200 ml of ice-cold water and extracted with 100 ml of ethyl acetate twice. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with 100 ml of water twice and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the ethyl acetate was distilled off under reduced pressure. Purification of the residue by silica gel column chromatography afforded 2.5 g of 2-methylthio-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzonitrile (yield 75%) as white crystals (m.p. 128-129° C.).

Workup

extractionextracted with 100 ml of ethyl acetate twice
washThe ethyl acetate layer was washed with 100 ml of water twice
dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
distillationthe ethyl acetate was distilled off under reduced pressure
customPurification of the residue by silica gel column chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-0723a54b94494a068cc023b57e7633d8
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2009_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07612105B2

Reaction notes

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