2-Phenylpropanal → 4-(2-Oxoethyl)benzonitrile

HRID 617712Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 617712 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:3]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:6]([CH:7]=O)=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)#[N:2].C1(C(C)[CH:18]=[O:19])C=CC=CC=1>>[C:1]([C:3]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:6]([CH2:7][CH:18]=[O:19])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)#[N:2]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 71462-PhenylpropanalHCID 660424-Cyanobenzaldehyde

Product 1

HCID 125916704-(2-Oxoethyl)benzonitrile

Procedure

This compound was prepared from 4-cyanobenzaldehyde using a modification of a procedure previously used in the multi-step synthesis of 2-phenylpropanal {Allen, C. F. H.; van Allan, J., Org. Syn. Coll. Vol 3, 733-734 (1955)}.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4108aebb0e2744f792e88b2fa6906889
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_09
Patent number
US05952307

Reaction notes

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