Triethylamine → 3-Nitrothiophene-2-carbonitrile

Temperature

0 °C

The amide 30 (15.5 g, 90 mmol), prepared as described above, was dissolved in dichloromethane (700 ml). Triethylamine (27.2 g, 37.6 ml, 270 mmol) was added and the solution cooled to 0° C. After dropwise addition of neat trifluoroacetic anhydride (24.6 g, 16.5 ml, 117 mmol), the reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 1 h. The solution was concentrated in vacuo, the residue taken into ethyl acetate and then washed successively with hydrochloric acid (1N, 2×), water (1×), saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate (2×) and brine. Drying over sodium sulfate and removal of solvent gave a dark solid, which was purified by flash chromatography (400 g of silica gel, petroleum ether:ethyl acetate 7:3+1% MeOH as eluent) yielding 2-cyano-3-nitrothiophene 31 (13.4 g, 96.5%). 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.75 (1H, d, J 5.5), 7.68 (1H, d, J 5.5). An analytical sample was obtained by recrystallization from dichloromethane/n-pentane, m.p. 87–88° C.; elemental analysis, calc. for C5H2N2O2S: C, 38.96; H, 1.31; N, 18.17; S, 20.80. Found: C, 38.92; H, 1.20; N, 18.03; S, 21.31.

1. temperatureto warm to room temperature
2. concentrationThe solution was concentrated in vacuo
3. washwashed successively with hydrochloric acid (1N, 2×), water (1×), saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate (2×) and brine
4. dry with materialDrying over sodium sulfate and removal of solvent
5. customgave a dark solid, which
6. customwas purified by flash chromatography (400 g of silica gel, petroleum ether:ethyl acetate 7:3+1% MeOH as eluent)

ORD record

ord-77375cbffc264118ad52dfc40e2b8c47

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2006_08

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07091209B2