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HRID 1871013Generated: October 30, 2026

Diphenylamine → 4-(diphenylamino)benzonitrile

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDiphenylamineHCID 11487—
Reactant4-ChlorobenzonitrileHCID 12163—
ReactantTris(1,1-dimethylethyl)phosphineHCID 83681—
Catalyst(1E,4E)-1,5-diphenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one; palladiumHCID 6505921—
SolventTolueneHCID 1140—
Product4-(diphenylamino)benzonitrileHCID 986023990%

Reaction Steps

The above general procedure was followed using 4-chlorobenzonitrile (138 mg, 1.00 mmol) and diphenylamine (169 mg, 1.00 mmol) with 1 mol % Pd(dba)2 and 0.8 mol % tri-t-butylphosphine in 2.0 mL of toluene. After 5.5 hours, the reaction mixture was adsorbed onto silica gel and chromatographed with 50% toluene/hexanes to give 242 mg (90%) of N-(4-cyanophenyl)diphenylamine as a white solid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06100398
Source datasetuspto-grants-2000_08
ORD IDord-82eeee303da2496883736bd9e9f91175
Source noteuspto-grants-2000_08