Hydrochloric Acid → (E)-2-amino-6-(prop-1-enyl)benzonitrile

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Concentrated HCl (34.5 mL) was added slowly to a solution of (E)-2-nitro-6-(prop-1-enyl)benzonitrile (Example 2c) (0.98 g, 5.21 mmol) in EtOH (63.5 mL) at room temperature. Then, the obtained mixture was treated with iron powder (2.91 g, 52.08 mmol), added in small portions at the same temperature. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 min. and then heated at reflux for 30 min. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, EtOH was evaporated and the pH was adjusted to pH˜10 with aqueous solution of NaOH (2.0M). The basified mixture was extracted with EtOAc (4×100 mL) and the combined extract was dried with anhydrous MgSO4. The filtrate was evaporated and the residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel using gradient hexanes to hexanes/EtOAc (8:2), to afford 0.67 g (81%) of the title compound as a white solid. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.16-7.23 (m, 1H), 6.78 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 1H), 6.59-6.64 (m, 1H), 6.35-6.53 (m, 2H), 5.92 (broad s, 2H), 1.83-1.89 (m, 3H).

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