2-Fluoro-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzonitrile → 2-Methylthio-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzonitrile

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Reaction equation

F[C:2]1[CH:9]=[C:8]([C:10]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([C:16]([F:19])([F:18])[F:17])=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[C:4]#[N:5].[CH3:20][SH:21].[Na]>CN(C)C=O>[CH3:20][S:21][C:2]1[CH:9]=[C:8]([C:10]2[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([C:16]([F:19])([F:18])[F:17])=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:3]=1[C:4]#[N:5]

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 60 °C

Procedure

To 3.0 g (11.3 mmol) of 2-fluoro-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzonitrile in 50 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide, 7.0 g (15.0 mmol) of 15% aqueous sodium methyl mercaptan was added dropwise at room temperature. After 6 hours of stirring at 60° C., the reaction mixture was poured into 200 ml of ice-cold water and extracted with 100 ml of ethyl acetate twice. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with 100 ml of water twice and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the ethyl acetate was distilled off under reduced pressure. Purification of the residue by silica gel column chromatography afforded 2.5 g of 2-methylthio-4-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzonitrile (yield 75%) as white crystals (m.p. 128-129° C.).

Workup

extractionextracted with 100 ml of ethyl acetate twice
washThe ethyl acetate layer was washed with 100 ml of water twice
dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
distillationthe ethyl acetate was distilled off under reduced pressure
customPurification of the residue by silica gel column chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-ecd7c8d5ee06417d92c41a340d95960b
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2005_02
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06858639B2

Reaction notes

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