Water → (1-Phenylcyclopentyl)acetonitrile

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To a stirred solution of methanesulfonic acid 1-phenyl-cyclopentylmethyl ester (24-01) (6 g, 23.59 mmol) in dimethyl sulfoxide (18 mL) were added potassium iodide (392 mg, 2.59 mmol) and sodium cyanide (1.734 g, 35.384 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 140° C. for 16 h. After completion of the reaction, water was added and the mixture was filtered through celite. The filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate, dried and evaporated to get a crude product which was purified using a normal silica column using 15% ethyl acetate in hexane to afford (1-phenyl-cyclopentyl)-acetonitrile (25-01) (2.25 g, 51.4%) as a yellow liquid.

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