Potassium Cyanide → 1-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-propargyloxyphenyl)-4,5-dicyano-3-methyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one

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The product of Example 3, 1-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-propargyloxyphenyl)-5-chloro-4-cyano-3-methyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one (V) (0.14 9, 0.4 mmol) was stirred in 20 mL dimethylformamide. To this mixture was added KCN (0.13 g, 2.0 mmol) and the resulting mixture was heated to reflux for ten minutes, however some starting material remained. The mixture was again heated to reflux one hour with the addition of CuCN (0.18 g, 2.0 mmol). The mixture was cooled, poured onto water, and extracted three times with 50 mL ethyl acetate. The organic solution was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and evaporated, then chromatographed to give approximately 30 mg of a glassy oil. Recrystallization with ethyl ether/hexane gave 22 mg of 1-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-propargyloxyphenyl)-4,5-dicyano-3-methyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one (VI) (m.p. 124°-6° C.).

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