Water → 1-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)cyclopent-3-enecarbonitrile

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To ice-cold DMSO (100 mL) was added 60% NaH (1.0 g, 2.3 eq) in portions. The cooling bath was removed and the solution was stirred at ambient temperature for ten minutes. A solution of 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)acetonitrile (2.0 g, 10.75 mmol) in DMSO (50 mL) was added. The brown solution was stirred for 15 minutes before cis-1,4-dichlorobutene (1.0 mL, 0.9 eq) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight and was then poured into water. The product was extracted with DCM. The organic layer was washed with brine, evaporated, diluted with 50% ethyl acetate in hexanes, washed with water, and evaporated. The residual oil was separated on silica to give the nitrile (966 mg, 43%) as a pale-brown oil. GCMS Rt=10.8 min m/z=237 (M+). 1H NMR (CDCl3, δ): 7.51 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.39 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.28 (dd, J=2.3, 8.5 Hz, 1H), 5.79 (s, 2H), 3.27 (d, J=14.7 Hz, 2H), 2.87 (d, J=14.7 Hz, 2H). 13C NMR (CDCl3, δ): 141.9, 133.2, 132.1, 131.0, 128.5, 127.6, 125.0, 124.0, 48.4.

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