3-Bromo-6-methoxy-2-methylbenzonitrile → 6-Methoxy-2-methyl-3-(2-oxoethyl)benzonitrile

HRID 2173222Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2173222 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[C:3]([CH3:12])=[C:4]([C:7]([O:10][CH3:11])=[CH:8][CH:9]=1)[C:5]#[N:6].ClC1C([CH2:22][CH:23]=[O:24])=CC=C(F)C=1C#N>>[CH3:11][O:10][C:7]1[C:4]([C:5]#[N:6])=[C:3]([CH3:12])[C:2]([CH2:22][CH:23]=[O:24])=[CH:9][CH:8]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 675160643-Bromo-6-methoxy-2-methylbenzonitrileHCID 866930062-Chloro-6-fluoro-3-(2-oxoethyl)benzonitrile

Product 1

HCID 772306686-Methoxy-2-methyl-3-(2-oxoethyl)benzonitrile

Procedure

6-methoxy-2-methyl-3-(2-oxoethyl)benzonitrile was prepared in two steps starting from 3-bromo-6-methoxy-2-methylbenzonitrile in an analogous fashion to that described for the synthesis of 2-chloro-6-fluoro-3-(2-oxoethyl)benzonitrile (Steps B and C) above.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6fbf69bcdfad4a028e2ba07fd71d50d6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_06
Patent number
US09056859B2

Reaction notes

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