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HRID 2247228Generated: October 31, 2026

Dimethylformamide → 5-Bromopyridine-2-carbonitrile

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDimethylformamideHCID 6228—
ReactantDichloromethaneHCID 6344—
Reactant2,5-DibromopyridineHCID 69353—
CatalystZinc cyanide (Zn(CN)2)HCID 11186—
CatalystZincHCID 23994—
CatalystBis(cyclopenta-1,4-dien-1-yl(diphenyl)phosphane);dichloropalladium;iron(2+)HCID 178418228—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
Product5-Bromopyridine-2-carbonitrileHCID 817154—

Reaction Steps

The mixture of 2,5-dibromopyridine (4.74 g, 20.0 mmol), zinc cyanide (1.40 g, 12.0 mmol), zinc dust (0.059 g, 0.90 mmol), and Pd(dppf)Cl2.CH2Cl2 (0.36 g, 0.44 mmol) in 25 ml of DMF was heated at reflux for 5 h, cooled to RT, diluted with H2O, extracted with EtOAc, the organic portion was washed with brine, the solvents were removed, the crude compound was purified by flash column chromatography (5 to 15% of EtOAc in hexanes), the titled compound was obtained as an off-white solid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07687643B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2010_03
ORD IDord-ba1bfdc02c3344c183beb6c0e005a269
Source noteuspto-grants-2010_03