Acetic Anhydride → 3-Cyano-2-(4-methylphenyl)pyridine

HRID 1450481Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1450481 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[C:7]([C:8]#[N:9])=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][N:3]=1.C(OC(=O)C)(=O)C.[CH3:17][C:18]1[CH:23]=[CH:22][C:21](B(O)O)=[CH:20][CH:19]=1>>[C:8]([C:7]1[C:2]([C:21]2[CH:22]=[CH:23][C:18]([CH3:17])=[CH:19][CH:20]=2)=[N:3][CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=1)#[N:9]

Participants

4

Procedure

Synthetic Scheme XXV shows the 8-step preparation of the alkylating reagent 2-(4-bromomethylphenyl)-3-cyanopyridine (53) from 2-amino-3-picoline (54) (Aldrich). In step 1, the aminopicoline 54 was converted to the bromopicoline 55 by reaction with bromine, concentrated hydrobromic acid, and sodium nitrite at 0° C. In step 2, the picoline 55 was oxidized with KMNO4 to give the corresponding carboxylic acid 56. In step 3, the acid 56 was reduced to the alcohol 57 with borane/THF. In step 4, the alcohol 57 was oxidized to the aldelyde 58 under Swern conditions or by using MnO2. In step 5, the aldehyde 58 was reacted with hydroxylamine to give the oxime 59. In step 6, the oxime 59 was converted to 2-bromo-3-cyanopyridine (60) with acetic anhydride at reflux. In step 7, the nitrile 60 was coupled with 4-methylphenylboronic acid (52) (Scheme XXIV) using Snieckus conditions (Scheme XIII) to give 3-cyano-2-(4-methylphenyl)pyridine (61). In step 8, 61 was brominated with NBS/AIBN in carbon tetrachloride at reflux to give the desired alkylating reagent 53. ##STR79##

Workup

  1. temperatureat reflux

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c73b9244a7e44955a80f22137fdfb742
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_02
Patent number
US05602153

Reaction notes

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