Potassium Carbonate → 3-Methyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-5-vinylbenzonitrile

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A mixture of 5-bromo-3-methyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)benzonitrile (0.6 g, 2.3 mmol), potassium carbonate (0.95 g, 6.87 mmol), vinyl boronic anhydride (0.82 g, 3.43 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (0.13 g, 0.114 mmol) in toluene (20.0 mL) were stirred and degassed with argon for 30 min. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 18 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to RT, diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). The combined ethyl acetate layer was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude compound that was purified by flash column chromatography (SiO2, 100-200 mesh; eluting with 30% ethyl acetate/pet ether) to afford the title compound as a pink solid (0.25 g, 52%): 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.33 (s, 1H), 8.22 (s, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H), 7.60 (s, 1H), 6.75 (dd, J=17.6, 10.8 Hz, 1H), 5.92 (d, J=17.6, 1H), 5.52 (d, J=10.8 Hz, 1H), 2.21 (s, 3H), ESIMS m/z 211.35 ([M+H]+); IR (thin film) 2236, 1511 cm−1.

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