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HRID 559287Generated: October 30, 2026

Potassium Carbonate → 4-[(1E)-3-Oxo-1-buten-1-yl]benzonitrile

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPotassium CarbonateHCID 11430—
Reactant4-CyanobenzaldehydeHCID 66042—
ReactantDimethyl (2-oxopropyl)phosphonateHCID 77872—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
Product4-[(1E)-3-Oxo-1-buten-1-yl]benzonitrileHCID 1112672172%

Reaction Conditions

Temperature0 °C

Reaction Steps

A two necked flask was charged with 4-formyl-benzonitrile (20.0 g, 0.152 mol) and (2-oxo-propyl)-phosphonic acid dimethyl ester (30.4 g, 0.18 mol) and cooled down at 0° C. K2CO3 (42.16 g, 0.305 mol) in H2O (45 mL) was added dropwise. Stirring was continued over night at RT. The product was extracted with EtOAc, and the organic phase was dried over Na2SO4. Flash chromatography (SiO2, Heptane/EtOAc 1:1) afforded 18.7 g (72%) of the title compound as alight yellow solid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08063075B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2011_11
ORD IDord-5921cd4d12dc4d85b0d4d1f154104b40
Source noteuspto-grants-2011_11