Dimethylcarbamoyl Chloride → 6-Phthalimidomethyl-2-pyridinecarbonitrile

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2-(2-Pyridylmethyl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione N-oxide (8.0 g, 31 mmol) was dissolved in mixed solvent of nitroethane (80 ml) and chloroform (150 ml), and trimethylsilyl cyanide (9.3 g, 94 mmol) and N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl chloride (6.8 g, 63 mmol) were added thereto. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hrs and at 60° C. for 24 hrs. The solvent was evaporated, and the residue was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography. The fractions eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate (2:1, v/v) were collected, concentrated and recrystallized from hexane-tetrahydrofuran to give the titled compound (1.8 g, 22%) as white crystals.

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