Water → Ethyl2-cyano-5-fluorobenzoate

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Reaction Steps

Zinc cyanide (26.5 g; 0.225 mol) and Pd2(dba)3 (1.9 g; 3.4 mmol) were added to a solution of ethyl 2-bromo-5-fluorobenzoate (27.9 g; 0.112 mol) in DMF (71 ml). Triphenyl phosphine (2.9 g; 11 mmol) was added and then the reaction mixture was stirred at 130° C. under nitrogen atmosphere for 4 hours. The mixture was poured out into H2O (300 ml) and then extracted with EtOAc (200 ml). The organic layer was separated, washed with H2O (2×100 ml), brine (100 ml), dried (MgSO4), filtered and the solvent was evaporated.

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