Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(1-Benzyl-pyrrolidin-2-ylideneamino)benzonitrile

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The compound 2-(1-Benzyl-pyrrolidin-2-ylideneamino)benzonitrile (Compound 24) was synthesized by mixing chloroform (25 mL), tetrahydrofuran (25 mL), 1-benzyl-2-pyrrolidinone (5.16 g, 29.4 mmol), phosphorus oxychloride (5.2 mL) and tin(IV) chloride (1.0 mL), stirring at room temperature for 1.5 hours, and adding anthranilonitrile (3.3 g, 27.9 mmol) in portions. The mixture was then stirred at 50° C. for 5 hours under heating and ice-water (15 mL) and 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added to make weak alkaline. The organic solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the mixture was extracted with chloroform. The extract was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and condensed under vacuum. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (chloroform-methanol, 100:1) to yield 7.0 g (91%) Compound 24 as slightly yellow needles; mp 59-61° C.; IR (KBr): 2217, 1628, 1439, 1279 cm−1; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): δ 7.06-7.69 (m, 9H), 4.83 (s, 2H), 3.46 (t, 2H), 2.60 (t, 2H), 2.10 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (CDCl3): δ 162.8, 156.3, 137.6, 133.7, 132.9, 128.7, 128.3, 127.4, 122.8, 121.7, 118.8, 105.9, 48.3, 47.3, 27.7, 19.6. Anal. Calcd. for C18H17N3(275.35): C, 78.52; H, 6.22; N, 15.26. Found: C, 78.37; H, 6.20; N, 15.17.

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