Electric Literature of 455-18-5,Some common heterocyclic compound, 455-18-5, name is 4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile, molecular formula is C8H4F3N, traditional synthetic route has been very mature, but the traditional synthetic route has various shortcomings, such as complicated route, low yield, poor purity, etc, below Introduce a new synthetic route.
[Preparation Example 1] Preparation of Compound III-2a [Show Image][Step H] Selenium powder (3.95 g, 50 mmol) was added to ethanol (50 mL) under nitrogen atmosphere. Then, sodium borohydride (2.02g, 53 mmol) wascautiouslyaddedslowlyfor30minutes (Hydrogen gas was produced.). To the resultant ethanolic sodium hydrogen selenide, 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile (11.9 g, 70 mmol) and pyridine (8 mL) were added. Then, 2 M hydrochloric acid (25 mL) was slowly added dropwise for 1. 5 hours while refluxing at 80 C. After further stirring for about 30 minutes, the precipitated target compound was filtered and washed with hexane and water. Recrystallization using benzene solvent yielded Compound III-2a (15.1 g, yield: 91 %) as yellow solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) delta 11.07 (b, 1H), 10.43 (b, 1H), 7.99 (d, 2H, J = 8.5 Hz), 7.77 (d, 2H, J = 8.3 Hz).
These compound has a wide range of applications. It is believed that with the continuous development of the source of the synthetic route 4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile, its application will become more common.
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