Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 2-(4-Methyl-phenoxy)-5-methyl-phenylacetonitrile

HRID 372419Notes

Reaction equation

Cl[CH2:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH3:17])[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]=1[O:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([CH3:16])=[CH:12][CH:11]=1.CS(C)=O.[C-:22]#[N:23].[Na+]>O>[CH3:16][C:13]1[CH:14]=[CH:15][C:10]([O:9][C:8]2[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([CH3:17])=[CH:4][C:3]=2[CH2:2][C:22]#[N:23])=[CH:11][CH:12]=1

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 36 °C

Procedure

A solution of 108 g. of 3-chloromethyl-4-(4-methyl-phenoxy)-toluene in 70 ml. of dimethylsulfoxide is added dropwise at 20°-25° C. to a suspension of 23 g. of sodium cyanide in 35 ml. of dimethylsulfoxide. The mixture is subsequently stirred for 4 hours at 36° C., then diluted with 1 Liter of water and extracted three times with benzene. The benzene extracts are washed three times with water, then dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo, and there is obtained crude 2-(4-methyl-phenoxy)-5-methyl-phenylacetonitrile as a brown oil.

Workup

extractionextracted three times with benzene
washThe benzene extracts are washed three times with water
dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
customevaporated in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-eca506c98ec64343834b01ac343d56f6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1978_05
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04091023

Reaction notes

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