Water → 4-Chloro-2-methoxybenzonitrile

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A mixture of Example 59A (2.68 g, 10 mmol), Zn(CN)2 (0.654 g, 5.5 mmol), and Pd(PPh3)4 (0.577 g, 0.5 mmol) in DMF (15 mL) was stirred at 90° C. for 6 hours and cooled to room temperature. The reaction mixture was poured into water (500 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate several times. The combined extracts were washed with water and brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel with 9:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate to provide 1.34 g (90%) of the desired product. MS (DCI) m/e 168 (M+H)+; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.49 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 6.97-7.03 (m, 2H).

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