5-Bromo-4-chloro-2-ethyl-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1H-benzimidazole → 4-Chloro-2-ethyl-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1H-benzimidazole-5-carbonitrile

HRID 2102000Notes

Reaction equation

Br[C:2]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][C:5]2[N:6]([CH2:11][C:12]([F:15])([F:14])[F:13])[C:7]([CH2:9][CH3:10])=[N:8][C:4]=2[C:3]=1[Cl:18].[C:19]([Cu])#[N:20]>CN1C(=O)CCC1>[Cl:18][C:3]1[C:4]2[N:8]=[C:7]([CH2:9][CH3:10])[N:6]([CH2:11][C:12]([F:15])([F:14])[F:13])[C:5]=2[CH:16]=[CH:17][C:2]=1[C:19]#[N:20]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 220 °C

Procedure

5-Bromo-4-chloro-2-ethyl-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1H-benzimidazole (0.036 g, 0.106 mmol) and CuCN (0.020 g, 0.222 mmol) were combined in NMP (3 mL) and heated to 220° C. for 20 min in a microwave. The cooled mixture was partitioned between Et2O and water, washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. Purification (SiO2, EtOAc/hexanes) afforded the title compound (0.015 g): 1NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ7.56 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.34 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 4.68 (q, J=8.2 Hz, 2H), 2.96 (q, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 1.45 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z 288 (M+1).

Workup

customThe cooled mixture was partitioned between Et2O and water
washwashed with brine
dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
filtrationfiltered
concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
customPurification (SiO2, EtOAc/hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-779c79605dfa484ca3f53a28624abac2
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2009_08
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07572820B2

Reaction notes

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