Acetonitrile → HCID 67497550, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a 50 ml flask was added 8 ml of THF, acetonitrile (156 μl, 2.98 mmole), the mixture was cooled to −78° C. and then n-butyllithium (1191 μl, 2.98 mmole, 2.5 m in hexanes) was added. The reaction was stirred for 30 minutes at which time methyl 2-methylisonicotinate 16.1.B (150 mg, 0.99 mmoles) was added as a 2 ml THF solution. After 2 hour at −78° C., 500 μL of AcOH was added and the reaction was warmed to room temperature. The solvent was removed and the crude was purified on a silica gel column (eluting with 2% MeOH in DCM) to give 3-(2-methylpyridin-4-yl)-3-oxopropanenitrile 16.1.C as a light orange solid (170 mg 100% yield).

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