Potassium Carbonate → 2-(3-Aminophenoxy)acetonitrile

Participants

Reaction Steps

2-Bromoacetonitrile (0.22 g, 1.83 mmol), 3-aminophenol (0.2 g, 1.83 mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.5 g, 3.67 mmol) were combined in dry DMF (10 ml). The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. The reaction was diluted with water and ethyl acetate. The organic solution was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography eluting with 50% ethyl acetate in dichloromethane to afford the title compound as a colourless oil (0.16 g, 58.9%). 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.76 (s, br, 2H), 4.69 (s, 2H), 6.29 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 6.37 (dd, J=2.3 Hz, 8.1 Hz, 1H), 6.41 (dd, J=2.3 Hz, 8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.1 (t, J=8.1 Hz, 1H).

Provenance & Evidence