Dichloromethane → (3S)-3-(phenylamino)butanenitrile

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(3S)-3-aminobutanenitrile (8.6 g, 102 mmol, may be prepared as described in PCT Int. Appl., 2005100321), bromobenzene (16.16 ml, 153 mmol) and cesium carbonate (50.0 g, 153 mmol) were combined in Toluene (100 ml) under nitrogen were stirred for 45 mins. Phenylboronic acid (0.187 g, 1.534 mmol, Aldrich), palladium(II) acetate (0.188 g, 0.837 mmol, available from Aldrich) and 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′-(N,N-dimethylamino)biphenyl (0.443 g, 1.125 mmol, available from Aldrich) were combined in Tetrahydrofuran (THF) (6.67 ml) under nitrogen and stirred for 45 mins. The THF solution was added to the toluene solution and the reaction heated to 80° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled and partitioned between EtOAc (500 ml) and water (300 ml). The aqueous layer was reextracted with EtOAc (200 ml). The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine (500 ml each) and then dried with Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to yield an orange oil. The crude product was taken up in the minimum of DCM, applied to a 330 g Companion XL column and eluted with 5% Ethyl Acetate in cyclohexane for 1 CV then 5-30% Ethyl Acetate over 12 CV then held at 30% for 3 CV; UV collection; 450 ml fractions. The product was isolated as an off-white solid (11.3526 g).

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