Water → HCID 54116374, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A solution of diethyl 1-cyano-1-phenylmethylphosphonate (10.97 g, 43.3 mmol) in dry THF (60 mL) at 0° C. was treated with NaH (60% dispersion in oil, 1.7 g, 43.3 mmol), stirred at 0° C. for 40 min, warmed to room temperature for 20 min, treated with a solution of 1-adamantanecarboxaldehyde (3.56 g, 21.7 mmol) in dry THF (10 mL) and heated at 60° C. for 16 h. The reaction mixture was cooled, treated with water (50 mL), extracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL), the extracts washed with brine (40 mL), dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting brown oil was purified by chromatography [SiO2, heptane-EtOAc (9:1)] and recrystallised (heptane) to give the product (1.62 g, 28%) as a white solid: mp 107-108° C; IR νmax (Nujol)/cm−1 2924, 2852, 2218, 1497, 1448, 1377, 1343, 1101, 910, 762, 750 and 689; NMR δH (400 MHz, CDCl3) 1.76 (6H, m), 1.99 (6H, m), 2.07 (3H, m), 6.50 (1H, s), 7.37 (3H, m) and 7.51 (2H, m); Anal. Calcd for C19H21N: C, 86.65; H, 8.04; N, 5.32. Found: C, 86.58; H, 8.09; N, 5.33.

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