Phenyl cyanate → 4-(p-Chlorophenyl)-4-methyl-2-pentynenitrile

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A solution of 1,1-dibromo-3-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-1-butene (38.5 g, 0.113 mol) in tetrahydrofuran is treated with n-butyllithium (0.25 mol, 100 mL of a 2.5 M solution in hexane) under nitrogen over 45 minutes while maintaining the temperature below −65° C., stirred overnight at dry ice/acetone bath temperature, treated dropwise with a solution of phenyl cyanate (14.89 g, 0.125 mol) in tetrahydrofuran over 30 minutes at −65° C. to −70° C., allowed to warm to 10° C., and diluted with ethyl acetate and 5% sodium hydroxide solution. The resultant mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic extracts are combined, washed sequentially with 5% sodium hydroxide solution and water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a residue. The residue is distilled to give the title product as an oil (18.7 g, bp 110-113° C./0.9 mm Hg, 80.7% yield).

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