Hydrochloric Acid → Benzofuran-3-acetonitrile

HRID 1762970Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1762970 reaction equation
[H-].[Na+].C(OP([CH2:11][C:12]#[N:13])(=O)OCC)C.[O:14]1[CH2:18][C:17](=O)[C:16]2[CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:22]=[CH:23][C:15]1=2.Cl>O1CCCC1>[C:12]([CH2:11][C:17]1[C:16]2[CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:22]=[CH:23][C:15]=2[O:14][CH:18]=1)#[N:13]

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 23556CoumaranoneHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 75676Diethyl (cyanomethyl)phosphonate

Product 1

HCID 2769401Benzofuran-3-acetonitrileYield 8.7%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent3×

Conditions

Temperature
70 °C

Procedure

To a suspension of 27 gms (1.12 mole) of oil free sodium hydride in 400 ml of tetrahydrofuran (THF) was added dropwise a solution of 199.2 gms (1.12 mole) of diethylcyanomethylphosphonate in 400 mL of THF. After the H2 evolution had ceased, a solution of 150.1 g (1.12 mole) of 3-(2H)-benzo[b]-furanone in 1 L of THF was added. The solution was heated at 70° C. for 1.5 hours, cooled, and poured into 500 mL of 5% HCl, and washed with ether. The ether phase was washed with brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated to give 15.4 g of a dark oil. The product was distilled at 110°-120° C./0.7 Torr Hg to give 116 g (66% yield) of a yellow oil which crystallized upon standing.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooled
  2. washwashed with ether
  3. washThe ether phase was washed with brine
  4. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-54cfc18cb27e4265b4f163b498ad35cd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1989_05
Patent number
US04835276

Reaction notes

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