Pyridine → 5-Methoxybenzene-1,3-dicarbonitrile

HRID 431847Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 431847 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([C:12]([NH2:14])=O)[CH:6]=[C:7]([CH:11]=1)[C:8]([NH2:10])=O.N1C=CC=CC=1.FC(F)(F)C(OC(=O)C(F)(F)F)=O>ClCCl>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([C:12]#[N:14])[CH:6]=[C:7]([CH:11]=1)[C:8]#[N:10]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

A suspension of the 5-methoxyisophthalamide (3.1 g, 16 mmol) in a dichloromethane (27 mL) at 0° C. was treated with pyridine (5.2 mL, 65 mol) and then trifluoroacetic anhydride drop-wise (5.4 mL, 39 mmol). The reaction was stirred at 0° C. for 20 minutes and then stirred overnight at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was washed with water and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. Silica gel chromatography using hexanes:ethyl acetate:dichloromethane afforded 940 mg (46%) of the 5-methoxyisophthalonitrile as a white solid.

Workup

  1. stirringstirred overnight at ambient temperature
  2. washThe reaction mixture was washed with water and saturated brine
  3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0d45eb141f164b05873630dcc9427728
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2003_12
Patent number
US06660753B2

Reaction notes

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