Sodium Hydroxide → 3-(2,3-Difluorophenyl)propanenitrile

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To a solution of 3-(2,3-difluorophenyl)-propionic acid (A1) (6.83 g, 36 mmol) in anhydrous dichloromethane (50 ml) containing a few drops of DMF was added oxalyl chloride (6.4 ml, 73 mmol) at 0° C. under argon. The solution was stirred at ambient temperature for 2 h and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in sulfolane (30 ml) and added to sulfamide (4.23 g, 44 mmol) and the mixture heated at 120° C. for 3 h. The brown solution was cooled, poured into 2M sodium hydroxide solution (300 ml) and extracted with ether. The combined extracts were washed with water, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound as a brown oil (6.04 g, 98%). 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 2.68 (2H, t), 3.04 (2H, t), 7.01-7.15 (3H, m).

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