Potassium Cyanide → 2-(3,4-Bis(difluoromethoxy)phenyl)-2-hydroxyacetonitrile

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To 132A (470 mg, 2.0 mmol) in ethyl acetate (5 mL) was added a solution of KCN (676 mg) and NaHSO3 (1.08 g) dissolved in H2O (5 mL). It was left stirring overnight before it was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried and concentrated. The crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography to give 132B (383 mg, 72% yield) as an oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 5.56 (d, J=5.27 Hz, 1H) 6.32-6.77 (m, 2H) 7.32-7.36 (m, 1H) 7.40-7.44 (m, 1H) 7.45 (s, 1H).

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