3-Amino-4,4-difluorobut-2-enenitrile → HCID 178434239, compound

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A solution of 80 mg (0.50 mmol) 3-methyl-1H-indazole-5-carbaldehyde (Example 1A) and 130 mg (1.10 mmol) 3-amino-4,4-difluorobut-2-enenitrile [obtainable by Thorpe reaction of acetonitrile with 2,2-difluoroacetonitrile, cf. Org. React. 15, 1 (1967), ibid. 31, 1 (1984)] in acetic acid (0.5 ml) containing powdered 4 Å molecular sieve was heated to reflux temperature for 3.5 h. After cooling, the reaction mixture was diluted with methanol/dichloromethane and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated, and the residue was purified by preparative RP-HPLC (acetonitrile/water+0.1% TFA gradient) yielding 61 mg (34% of th.) of the title compound.

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