Phosphorus oxide (P4O10) → 3-(p-Tolyl)isonicotinonitrile

HRID 1450482Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1450482 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[CH:3]=[N:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=1[C:8]#[N:9].O=P12OP3(OP(OP(O3)(O1)=O)(=O)O2)=O.[CH3:24][C:25]1[CH:30]=[CH:29][C:28](B(O)O)=[CH:27][CH:26]=1>>[C:8]([C:7]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][N:4]=[CH:3][C:2]=1[C:28]1[CH:29]=[CH:30][C:25]([CH3:24])=[CH:26][CH:27]=1)#[N:9]

Participants

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Procedure

Synthetic Scheme XXVI shows the 6-step preparation of the alkylating reagent 3-(4-bromomethylphenyl)-4-cyanopyridine (62) from 4-picoline (63) (Aldrich). In step 1, 4-picoline was brominated with bromine in fuming sulfuric acid at high temperatures to give 3-bromo-4-picoline (64). In step 2, the picoline 64 was oxidized to the corresponding carboxylic acid 65 with KMnO4. In step 3, the acid 65 was first converted to its acid chloride with oxalyl chloride and subsequently treated with condensed ammonia to give the amide 66. In step 4, the amide 66 was converted to 3-bromo-4-cyanopyridine (67) by treatment with P2O5 at high temperatures. In step 5, the nitrile 67 was coupled with 4-methylphenylboronic acid (52) (Scheme XXIV) using Snieckus conditions (Scheme XIII) to give 4-cyano-3-(4-methylphenyl)pyridine (68). In step 6, 68 was brominated with NBS/AIBN in carbon tetrachloride at reflux to give the desired alkylating reagent 62. ##STR80##

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a96a40678b3c4368bb36b6de747acdb9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_02
Patent number
US05602153

Reaction notes

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