Potassium Cyanide → HCID 66873196, compound

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A mixture of 5-bromo-7-chloro-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one (0.781, 1.86 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (0.635 g, 0.55 mmol), KCN (0.357 g, 5.5 mmol), and KI (0.77 g, 4.65 mmol) in HMPA (8 mL) was stirred at 80° C. for 18 h. Workup and silica gel column chromatography using 2:1 hexanes-ethyl acetate (typically 2:1 hexane -EtOAc) afforded 3-Oxo-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole-4,6-dicarbonitrile (0.300 g, 44%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 4.41 (s, 2H), 4.83 (s, 2H), 7.22 (d, 2H), 7.39 (d, 2H), 7.92 (s, 1H), 8.08 (s, 1H) GC-MS: m/z 357 (M)+, 272 (M-85)+.

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