Trimethylsilyl cyanide → HCID 82623563, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 7-bromochroman-4-one (5.00 g, 22.0 mmol) and ZnI2 (30 mg) in toluene (50 mL) was added TMSCN (4.36 g, 44.0 mmol), and the mixture was heated at 60° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt, and a solution of LAH (20.0 mL, 2.4 M in THF, 44.0 mmol) was added slowly. The mixture was stirred at 40° C. for 2 h. The reaction was quenched with the addition of EtOAc (10 mL) at 0° C., followed by water (5 mL) and aqueous 10% NaOH (5 mL). The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc, dried (MgSO4), filtered through Celite, and concentrated to give 4.5 g (79%) of the crude 4-(aminomethyl)-7-bromo-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-4-ol intermediate as a yellow oil.

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