Potassium Cyanide → 2-(5-Bromopyridin-3-yl)acetonitrile

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Reaction Steps

3-Bromo-5-chloromethyl-pyridine (0.45 g; 2.2 mmol) was dissolved in DMF (10 mL). Potassium cyanide (0.21 g, 3.27 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 h. The reaction mixture was quenched by the addition of water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phases were washed with water, brine and dried over Na2SO3 filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography using 7% EtOAc in Hexanes to provide 2-(5-bromopyridin-3-yl)acetonitrile (200 mg, 46.5%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ (ppm): 8.68 (d, 1H, J=2 Hz), 8.51 (d, 1H, J=2 Hz), 7.88 (t, 1H, J=2 Hz), 3.77 (s, 2H).

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