Sodium Cyanide → 6-methoxy-3-oxo-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-4-carbonitrile

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A mixture of 5-methoxy-7-iodo-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one (0.060 g, 0.13 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (0.015 g, 0.013 mmol), sodium cyanide (0.013 g, 0.26 mmol), and CuI (0.003 g, 0.013 mmol) in acetonitrile (5 mL) was stirred at 80° C. for 18 h. Workup and silica gel column chromatography using 2:1 hexanes-ethyl acetate afforded 6-methoxy-3-oxo-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-4-carbonitrile (0.032 g, 68%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 3.89 (s, 3H), 4.36 (s, 2H), 4.77 (s, 2H), 7.10 (s, 1H), 7.17 (d, 2H), 7.25 (s, 1H), 7.36 (d, 2H). GC-MS: m/z 362 (M+.

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