Hydrochloric Acid → 2,2,3,3,4,4,4-heptafluoro-N-[2-(cyanomethyl)phenyl]butanamide

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A mixture of 2-aminobenzylcyanide (15 g) [Rousseau et al., JACS 72, 3047 (1950)], diisopropylethylamine (16 g) and dichloromethane (400 mL) was cooled in an ice bath under a nitrogen atmosphere. Heptafluorobutyryl chloride (28.9 g) in dichloromethane (100 mL) was added dropwise and the reaction was left to warm gradually to room temperature overnight. A 10% aqueous HCl solution was added and the organic phase was separated and dried over MgSO4. After filtration and concentration with a rotary evaporator, the crude, orange oil (42 g) was purified by high pressure liquid chromatography to give 35.4 g of 2,2,3,3,4,4,4-heptafluoro-N-[2-(cyanomethyl)phenyl]butanamide as a white solid, m.p. 76°-79° C.

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