Trimethylsilyl cyanide → HCID 13521702, compound

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The following is an example of a solution phase catalyzed reaction to synthesize 2-chlorophenyl glycine. Screening of the above library determined that a preferred catalyst for the formation of N-(2-chloro-a-cyanobenzyl)benzhydrylamine was 3,5-Dichlorosalicylaldehyde-tert-Leucine-(O-tert-Butyl)Threonine-Glycine. 3,5-Dichlorosalicylaldehyde-tert-Leucine-(O-tert-Butyl)Threonine-Glycine methyl ester was synthesized using standard solid-phase synthesis techniques and was added (53.3 mg, 0.1 mmol) under a nitrogen atmosphere to a solution of titanium tetraisopropoxide (29.5 ul, 0.1 mmol) in toluene (2 ml), and the mixture was stirred for about 15 minutes. Ortho-chlorobenzylidenylbenzhydrylamine (306 mg, 1.0 mmol) was added and the mixture stirred until complete dissolution of the substrate (ca. 10 minutes). Trimethylsilylcyanide (267 ul, 2.0 mmol) was added to the solution and the resultant mixture was stirred for 48 hours. Addition of ether (2 ml, 5% water) followed by filtration through silica afforded a product that was predominantly the desired isomer contaminated with a small amount of starting material. Addition of hexanes to the ethereal solution afforded pure N-(2-chloro-a-cyanobenzyl)benzhydrylamine as white crystals. Analysis by HPLC indicated optical purity of >99%.

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