Water → 4-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-carbonitrile

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NaH (420 mg, 10.5 mmol, 60%, w/w) was added to a solution of 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetonitrile (930 mg, 5 mmol) in DMSO (20 ml) at room temperature. After stirring for 40 minutes at room temperature (15° C.), 1-chloro-2-(2-chloroethoxy)ethane (786.5 mg, 5.5 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred for another 1 hour, then poured into water (5.0 mL), and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc-toluene (2:1, 3×30 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with 2N aq. HCl (30 mL), water (30 mL) and brine (30 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated to 5 mL. The precipitated solids were collected by filtration and washed with cold diethylether (10 mL) to afford the title compound (450 mg, yield 35%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 7.58 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.52 (d, J=1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.34 (dd, J=2.0 Hz, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 4.08-4.12 (m, 2H), 3.85-3.92 (m, 2H), 2.2.02-2.13 (m, 4H). LC-MS (M+H): m/z 229.1 (M-CN).

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