Acetonitrile → 3-Oxo-3-(1-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)propanenitrile

HRID 1917887Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1917887 reaction equation
[H-].[Na+].[F:3][C:4]([F:13])([F:12])[C:5]1([C:8](OC)=[O:9])[CH2:7][CH2:6]1.[C:14](#[N:16])[CH3:15]>C1COCC1>[O:9]=[C:8]([C:5]1([C:4]([F:13])([F:12])[F:3])[CH2:7][CH2:6]1)[CH2:15][C:14]#[N:16]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 6342AcetonitrileHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 242087841-(Trifluoromethyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid methyl ester

Product 1

HCID 668764113-Oxo-3-(1-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)propanenitrileYield 49.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

To a slurry of NaH (432 mg, 18 mmol) in THF (40 mL) heated at reflux was added dropwise over 10 minutes a solution of methyl 1-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate (2.0 g, 11.9 mmol) in acetonitrile (940 uL, 12 mmol) and the mixture heated at reflux overnight. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction was partitioned between ether and H2O, the aqueous layer acidified with 1N HCl(aq), extracted with ether, and the combined org layers washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered, concentrated in vacuo, and purified by column chromatography (5-40% EtOAc/hexanes) to give 3-oxo-3-(1-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)propanenitrile (1.04 g, 5.88 mmol, 49%). LC-MS (ESI) m/z 178 (M+H)+.

Workup

  1. temperatureat reflux
  2. temperaturethe mixture heated
  3. temperatureat reflux overnight
  4. customthe reaction was partitioned between ether and H2O
  5. extractionextracted with ether
  6. washthe combined org layers washed with brine
  7. dry with materialdried over MgSO4
  8. filtrationfiltered
  9. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  10. custompurified by column chromatography (5-40% EtOAc/hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-19d3b1c10fa0486bbc92a4e0051e67e9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_12
Patent number
US08618289B2

Reaction notes

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