Trimethylsilyl cyanide → 2-Amino-3-phenoxypropanenitrile

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10 millimoles (1.33 g) of phenoxyacetonitrile are dissolved in 10 ml of anhydrous toluene at 0° C., under an argon atmosphere. A solution of vitride (NaH2Al[O-CH2 -CH2OCH3 ]2) at 70% in toluene (1,4 ml viz 0.5 eq) in 3 ml of anhydrous toluene is added, dropwise, at this temperature. The stirring is maintained for 1 hour at 0° C., then 2 ml (1.5 eq) of trimethylsilyl cyanide are added. The reaction mixture is maintained at room temperature for 3 hours, while stirring, then hydrolyzed by usual way. After purification by acid base extraction, there are obtained 0.300 g of -2-amino-3-phenoxy propionitrile with a yield of 20%.

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