Sodium Cyanide → (3',4'-Dichloro-2-fluoro-biphenyl-4-yl)-acetonitrile

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3′,4′-dichloro-2-fluoro-4-bromomethyl-biphenyl (35.0 g, 0.105 mol) and sodium cyanide (5.4 g, 0.110 mol) were dissolved in a mixture of ethanol (228 ml) and water (25 ml), then heated at 50° C. for 3 hours. The solution was concentrated under vacuum and the residue was suspended in ethanol/water 1/1 v/v (35 ml) and cooled at 0-5° C. for 30 minutes. The obtained solid is filtered and dried at 40° C. under vacuum. The crude product was suspended in ethanol (56 ml) at 20 to 25° C. for 30 minutes, filtered and dried at 40° C. under vacuum. The compound 3′,4′-dichloro-2-fluoro-4-cyanomethyl-biphenyl was obtained as a light brown powder (16.8 g, 57% yield).

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