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HRID 475189Generated: October 30, 2026

N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone → 1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-4-carbonitrile

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantN-methyl-2-pyrrolidoneHCID 13387—
Reactant4-bromo-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazoleHCID 71272186—
CatalystZinc cyanide (Zn(CN)2)HCID 11186—
CatalystHCID 178418397HCID 178418397—
Product1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-4-carbonitrileHCID 7127215270%

Reaction Conditions

Temperature85 °C

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 54 (1.30 g, 4.62 mmol), Zn(CN)2 (1.08 g, 9.24 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (0.53 g, 0.46 mmol) and NMP (15 mL) was stirred under nitrogen at 85° C. for 14 h. The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was purified by reverse phase chromatography eluting with 35% MeCN/H2O (containing 0.5% ammonia) to afford 0.75 g (70%) 1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-4-carbonitrile (56) as brown solid: MS (ESI) m/z=228.3 [M+l]+.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08637537B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2014_01
ORD IDord-a65700297554431ea60b8238bbb984d6
Source noteuspto-grants-2014_01