Dimethylformamide → 3-Amino-4-nitrobenzonitrile

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A suspension of bromoarene 2 (801 mg; 3.7 mmol) and zinc cyanide (570 mg; 4.85 mmol; 1.3 eq.) in degassed dimethylformamide (15 mL) was stirred at room temperature under nitrogen in the dark for 45 min and then treated with tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium(O) (310 mg, 1.6 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 90° C. for 18 h; filtered through a celite pad, concentrated under reduced pressure and purified by flash chromatography on silica gel, eluent EtOAc-hexane (1:1) to afford the title compound 274 (380 mg, 63% yield). 1H NMR: (400.2 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): 8.22 (d, J=8.6 Hz; 1H); 7.19 (d, J=1.8 Hz; 1H); 6.95 (dd, J=1.8, 8.6 Hz; 1H); 6.27 (bs; 2H). MS: calc: 163.1; found: 164.1 (M+H)

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