Sodium borohydride → HCID 17966951, compound
Reaction equation
[CH:1]([C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]([S:11][CH3:12])=[C:7]([CH:10]=1)[C:8]#[N:9])=[O:2].[BH4-].[Na+]>CO>[OH:2][CH2:1][C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]([S:11][CH3:12])=[C:7]([CH:10]=1)[C:8]#[N:9]Participants
4
Reactant 2
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Conditions
- Temperature
- 0 °C
Procedure
A flask is charged with 5-formyl-2-methylsulfanyl-benzonitrile (1.0 g, 5.68 mmol) in MeOH (20 mL) and cooled to 0° C. Sodium borohydride (1.07 g, 28.40 mmol) is added and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 2 h, followed by removal of solvent in vacuo. The residue is re-dissolved in dichloromethane and washed with water twice. The organic layer is dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to afford 5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylsulfanyl-benzonitrile as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 2.57 (s, 3H), 4.70 (d, J=5.1 Hz, 2H), 7.33 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.53 (dd, J=8.3, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.62 (s, 1H).
Workup
- customfollowed by removal of solvent in vacuo
- dissolutionThe residue is re-dissolved in dichloromethane
- washwashed with water twice
- dry with materialThe organic layer is dried over sodium sulfate
- concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-cf5004dc586f4c6b98c7763d67ce1129
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2014_07
- Patent number
- US08791141B2
Reaction notes
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