Acrylonitrile → 6-fluoro-2H-chromene-3-carbonitrile

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A solution of 5-fluoro-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (1.00 g, 8.92 mmol) and acrylonitrile (9.40 mL, 143 mmol) was refluxed overnight with DABCO (1.00 g, 8.92 mmol). The mixture was cooled and 1 M NaOH (10 mL) was added. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (20 mL), and the organic layer was dried (MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (elution with 10% EtOAc/hexanes) to provide the title compound (4.50 g) as yellow crystals. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.13 (m, 1H), 6.98 (td, J=8.5, 3.0 Hz, 1H), 6.89-6.80 (m, 2H), 4.80 (d, J=1.4 Hz, 2H).

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