Dimethylformamide → 5-Chloro-4-hydroxymethylthiophene-2-carbonitrile

HRID 34072Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 34072 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[S:6][C:5]([Cl:7])=[C:4]([CH2:8][OH:9])[CH:3]=1.[CH3:10][N:11](C)C=O>C(OCC)(=O)C.[C-]#N.[Zn+2].[C-]#N.C1C=CC([P]([Pd]([P](C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)([P](C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)[P](C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)=CC=1>[Cl:7][C:5]1[S:6][C:2]([C:10]#[N:11])=[CH:3][C:4]=1[CH2:8][OH:9]

Participants

6

Reactant 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideHCID 23070160(5-Bromo-2-chlorothiophen-3-yl)methanol

Product 1

HCID 230701655-Chloro-4-hydroxymethylthiophene-2-carbonitrile

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 11186Zinc cyanide (Zn(CN)2)CatalystHCID 178418397HCID 178418397, compoundCatalystHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
100 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 25.0 g (5-bromo-2-chlorothiophen-3-yl)methanol in 330 mL of dimethylformamide, 25.8 g of zinc cyanide (I) and 12.7 g tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) were added at room temperature, and stirred at 100° C. for 4 hours. Diluting with ethyl acetate, the organic layer was washed successively with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated. The crude product was purified and separated by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate:n-hexane=1:10-1:5), to afford 16.0 g of the title compound as colorless crystals.

Workup

  1. washthe organic layer was washed successively with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride and saturated brine
  2. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  3. customthe solvent was evaporated
  4. customThe crude product was purified
  5. customseparated by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate:n-hexane=1:10-1:5)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-fe53eddbf6e24573b0d61b6749f23191
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_09
Patent number
US07429609B2

Reaction notes

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