Ammonia → 3-Bromo-5-methylbenzonitrile

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A mixture of 1,3-dibromo-5-methylbenzene (1.0 g, 4.0 mmol), copper cyanide (0.179 g, 2.00 mmol), pyridine (0.323 mL, 4.00 mmol), and DMF (15 mL) were heated at 190° C. for 10 h in microwave reactor. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to r.t., and then poured into a solution of H2O (20 mL) and aq. NH3 solution (25-35% NH3, 10 mL) and the water phase was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic extracts were dried (Mg2SO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatograpy (hexane/EtOAc gradient elution) to afford the title compound (0.58 g, 74% yield): 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 2.39 (s, 3 H) 7.41 (s, 1 H) 7.58 (s, 1 H) 7.60 (s, 1 H); MS (EI) m/z 195 M+.

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