Electric Literature of 501-00-8,Some common heterocyclic compound, 501-00-8, name is 2-(3-Fluorophenyl)acetonitrile, molecular formula is C8H6FN, 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.
[0245] To a solution of compound 1 (100 g, 0.74 mol) in dry DMF (1000 ml) was added 1,5-dibromopentane (170 g, 0.74 mol). NaH (65 g, 2.2 eq) was added dropwise while the reaction was cooled in an ice bath. The resulting mixture was vigorously stirred overnight at 50 C. The suspension was carefully quenched with ice water and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×500 ml). The combined organic layers were concentrated to afford the crude product, which was purified by flash column chromatography to give compound 2 as pale solid (100 g, 67%).
These compound has a wide range of applications. It is believed that with the continuous development of the source of the synthetic route 2-(3-Fluorophenyl)acetonitrile, its application will become more common.
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Patent; Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Tamang, David Lee; Yang, Min; Jones, Simon S.; US2015/99744; (2015); A1;,
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