Water → 4-[(2,2-Dimethylpropyl)(2-propen-1-yl)amino]-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile

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To a slurry of hexanes-washed NaH (0.534 g of a 60% suspension in mineral oil, 13.4 mmol) in DMF (10 mL) at 0° C. was added a solution of 4-[(2,2-dimethylpropyl)amino]-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile (1.71 g, 6.68 mmol) in DMF (4 mL), dropwise over 10 min. The resulting solution was stirred 15 min and neat allyl bromide (1.16 mL, 13.4 mmol) was added dropwise over 3 min. The resulting solution was stirred 1 h, poured into water and the whole was extracted with Et2O (×3). Combined organics were washed (water, brine), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (EtOAc/hexanes), affording 1.82 g of the title compound as a colorless syrup: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.53 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 7.02 (d, J=2.7 Hz, 1H), 6.83 (dd, J=8.9, 2.5 Hz, 1H), 5.73 (ddt, J=17.2, 10.6, 4.6 Hz, 1H), 5.23 (app. d, J=10.6 Hz, 1H), 5.05 (app. d, J=17.5 Hz, 1H), 4.09 (overlapping ddd, 2H), 3.26 (s, 2H), 1.02 (s, 9H).

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