N-bromobutanimide → 4-Bromo-1-(bromomethyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene

After N-bromosuccinimide (1.49 g, 6.63 mmol) and 2,2′-azobis(isbutyronitrile) (20 mg) were added to a solution of 4-bromo-1-methyl-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene (2.0 g, 8.4 mmol) in carbon tetrachloride (20 ml), the mixture was heated under reflux for 5 hours. The temperature of the reaction mixture was returned to room temperature and the residue obtained by removing the solvent under reduced pressure was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: n-hexane) to give crude 4-bromo-1-bromomethyl-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene. Potassium cyanide (365 mg, 5.6 mmol) was added to a solution of crude 4-bromo-1-bromomethyl-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene obtained in the above in a mixture of ethanol-water (3:1, 12 ml), and the mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 3 hours. After the reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous NaCl solution and dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate. The residue obtained by removing the solvent under reduced pressure was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: n-hexane/ethyl acetate=10/1-5/1) to give [4-bromo-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]acetonitrile as a solid (1.14 g, total yield: 52%).

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2. temperatureunder reflux for 5 hours
3. customwas returned to room temperature
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6. washwas subjected to silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: n-hexane)

ORD record

ord-d55076903e094b37a89671b8d95fdf94

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2011_04

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07923573B2