Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(4-Bromophenyl)cyclopentanecarbonitrile

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To a suspension of NaH (2.55 g, 63.75 mmol, 60%) in dimethyl sulfoxide (50 mL) were added dropwise a mixture of 4-bromophenyl-acetonitrile (223) (5 g, 25.51 mmol) and 1,4-dibromobutane (3.04 mL, 25.51 mmol) dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide:ether (1:1) (50 mL) at 0° C. and the reaction mixture was stirred at this temperature for 2 h. After completion of the reaction, water (20 mL) and 10% HCl solution (50 mL) were added to the mixture and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×200 ml). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4, concentrated and purified by 100-200 silica column chromatography using hexane as the eluent to give 1-(4-bromophenyl)-cyclopentanecarbonitrile (224) (5.7 g, 89%) as a white crystalline solid.

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