A common heterocyclic compound, 16532-79-9, name is 4-Bromophenylacetonitrile, molecular formula is C8H6BrN, its 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. 16532-79-9.
To a solution of (4-bromo-phenyl)-acetonitrile (1 g, 5.10 mmol) in DMF (10 mL) is added sodium hydride (0.408 g, 10.20 mmol, 60% in mineral oil) at 0 C. Thereaction mixture is stirred at 0 C for 15 minutes and then methyl iodide (0.69 mL, 11.22 mmol) is added at 0 C. The reaction mixture is stirred at room temperature forovernight. The reaction mixture is quenched with aqueous ammonium chloride solution (5 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (2×20 mL). The combined organic extracts arewashed with water (20 mL) and brine (20 mL), dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered, and evaporated. The crude material is purified over silica gel column chromatography(combiflash) eluting with 5-10% EtOAc in hexanes to give an off white solid (0.9 g,78%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) i5 7.51 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.34 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H),1.77 (s, 3H).
These compound has a wide range of applications. It is believed that with the continuous development of the source of the synthetic route 4-Bromophenylacetonitrile, its application will become more common.
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Patent; ELI LILLY AND COMPANY; HAMDOUCHI, Chafiq; MAITI, Pranab; MILLER, Anne Reifel; WO2015/105779; (2015); A1;,
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