Sodium Cyanide → HCID 66678474, compound

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Methyl 2,4,5-trifluorobenzoate (DSL Chemicals, 950 mg, 5 mmol), sodium cyanide (306 mg, 6.25 mmol) and tetrabutylammonium bromide (2.01 g, 6.25 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (10 mL) and the resulting mixture was heated at 60° C. overnight. Additional amount of sodium cyanide (306 mg, 6.25 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 24 additional hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc and washed with brine several times. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (silica, EtOAc/cHex) to give the title compound. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz) δ 7.77 (dd, J=8.4, 5.5 Hz, 1H), 7.42 (dd, J=8.9, 5.0 Hz, 1H), 3.96 (s, 3H). LC/MS (Method B): 463.2 (M−H)−, 465.2 (M+H)+. HPLC (Method A) Rt 3.63 min (Purity: 99.9%).

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