Benzonitrile, 4-(trifluoromethyl)- → 4-Methylbenzotrifluoride

HRID 893826Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 893826 reaction equation
[F:1][C:2]([F:12])([F:11])[C:3]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:6]([C:7]#N)=[CH:5][CH:4]=1>CO>[F:1][C:2]([F:11])([F:12])[C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]([CH3:7])=[CH:9][CH:10]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 1

HCID 67995Benzonitrile, 4-(trifluoromethyl)-

Product 1

HCID 802304-MethylbenzotrifluorideYield 91%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 887MethanolSolvent2×

Procedure

To 4 ml of methanol (3.06 g) was added 0.71 g of p-trifluoromethylbenzonitrile. The solution was added to the reactor at 0.34 ml/min. The product, p-trifluoromethyltoluene, was isolated in a methanol solution in a 91% yield.

Workup

  1. additionThe solution was added to the reactor at 0.34 ml/min

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-84acf6a8785148ce8de82354af2abfe6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1992_06
Patent number
US05126497

Reaction notes

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