Diiodomethane → 2-Iodo-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile

HRID 537961Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 537961 reaction equation
N[C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([C:10]([F:13])([F:12])[F:11])=[CH:6][C:3]=1[C:4]#[N:5].[I:14]CI.N(OC(C)(C)C)=O>C(#N)C.CCOCC>[I:14][C:2]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([C:10]([F:13])([F:12])[F:11])=[CH:6][C:3]=1[C:4]#[N:5]

Participants

6

Conditions

Temperature
35 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 2-amino-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile (Intermediate 7, 15.1 g) and diiodomethane (24 mL) in acetonitrile (150 mL) at 35° C. was added t-butyl nitrite (21 mL) dropwise. The reaction was maintained at approximately 35° C. during the addition. The reaction was aged for 30 min and then heated to 60° C. for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was cooled, diluted with ether and washed twice with water, twice with aqueous sodium bisulfite, water and then brine. The solution was dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered through a silica gel plug and then concentrated giving afford a red oil. The product was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting sequentially with hexanes, 3:1 hexanes/CH2Cl2 and 1:1 hexanes/CH2Cl2 to afford 2-iodo-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 8.10 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.85 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.52 (dd, J=8.5, 1.8 Hz, 1H).

Workup

  1. temperatureheated to 60° C. for 30 minutes
  2. temperatureThe reaction mixture was cooled
  3. washwashed twice with water, twice with aqueous sodium bisulfite, water
  4. dry with materialThe solution was dried over anhydrous MgSO4
  5. filtrationfiltered through a silica gel plug
  6. concentrationconcentrated
  7. customgiving
  8. customafford a red oil
  9. customThe product was purified by silica gel chromatography
  10. washeluting sequentially with hexanes, 3:1 hexanes/CH2Cl2 and 1:1 hexanes/CH2Cl2

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e3cdabdf7d7c47ccae10ba347c6b8ba0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_10
Patent number
US08865707B2

Reaction notes

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