Sodium Cyanide → HCID 57949655, compound

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A mixture of 5-chloro-7-iodo-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one (0.339 g, 0.73 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (0.084 g, 0.073 mmol), sodium cyanide (0.046 g, 0.95 mmol), and CuI (0.017 g, 0.073 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-chloro-3-oxo-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-4-carbonitrile (0.184 g, 69%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 4.31 (s, 2H), 4.81 (s, 2H), 7.20 (d, 2H), 7.37 (d, 2H), 7.62 (s, 1H), 7.76 (s, 1H). GC-MS: m/z 366 (M)+.

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