Dimethylformamide → Methyl 3-amino-4-cyanobenzoate

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Add zinc cyanide (1.5 g, 12.77 mmol), palladium tetrakis (675 mg, 0.584 mmol), to 3-amino-4-bromo-benzoic acid methyl ester (1.328 g, 5.77 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (3 ml). Purge with nitrogen for few minutes and keep under nitrogen atmosphere while heating to 120° C. overnight. Cool the mixture to room temperature and add water. Extract the product with EtOAc (×2). Wash the combined organic layers with 2N ammonium hydroxide solution (×2), water (×2), saturated aq. sodium chloride and dry over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filter and concentrate to yield the crude product. Purification by flash chromatography (Silica gel-hexane/EtOAc) yields 3-amino-4-cyano-benzoic acid methyl ester (94%).

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