Triethylamine → HCID 19879853, compound

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A solution of N-(o-chlorobenzyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroacetimidoyl chloride (10.0 g, 0.039 mol) and 2-chloroacrylonitrile (4.1 g, 0.047 mol) in N,N-dimethylformamide is cooled to 5° C. and treated with a solution of triethylamine (12.0 mL, 0.086 mol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL). When the addition is one-quarter complete, the cooling bath is removed and the reaction mixture is treated with the remaining triethylamine solution, stirred for three hours, diluted with water and extracted with methylene chloride. The combined organic extracts are washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to obtain an oil. Flash chromatography of the oil using silica gel and a 1:6 ethyl acetate/heptane solution gives an oil. Crystallization of the oil from heptane gives the title product as a solid (8.5 g, mp 151°-152.5° C.).

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