Electric Literature of 3939-09-1, In the next few decades, the world population will flourish. As the population grows rapidly and people all over the world use more and more resources, all industries must consider their environmental impact. 3939-09-1, name is 2,4-Difluorobenzonitrile belongs to nitriles-buliding-blocks compound, it is a common compound, a new synthetic route is introduced below.
Benzyl alcohol (0.77 g, 7.2 mmol) was added to a stirred suspension of potassium tert-butoxide (0.97 g, 8.6 mg) in dioxane (15 ml) at room temperature. After 10 minutes of stirring at room temperature 2,4-difiuorobenzonitrile (1.00 g, 7.2 mmol) was added in one portion. After another 90 minutes water (10 ml) was added and the mixture extracted with diethyl ether (3×10 ml), the combined organic phases were dried using a phase separator and concentrated to solids. The crude material was purified by column (0491) chromatography using silicon dioxide gel, eluting with 25-50% dichloromethane in petroleum ether to afford 2-(benzyloxy)-4-fluorobenzonitrile as a white solid (1.33 g, 81%). (0492) [00317] A cold solution of borane (1.4 ml, 1 M in tetrahydrofuran) was added to 2- (benzyloxy)-4-fluorobenzonitrile (208 mg, 915 mutauetaomicron). After 15 hours of stirring at room temperature additional borane (1.4 ml, 1 M in tetrahydrofuran) was added. After another 19 hours of stirring additional borane (1.0 ml, 1 M in tetrahydrofuran) was added. After 3 hours the mixture was added to sodium hydroxide (5 ml, 1 M aqueous), extracted with ethyl acetate (3×5 ml), the combined organic phases were dried using a phase separator and concentrated afford [2-(benzyloxy)-4-fluorophenyl]methanamine as oil (260 mg, quantitative). This material was used without further purification. (0493) [00318] N-Methyl-4-piperidone (150 mg, 1.32 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of [2-(benzyloxy)-4-fluorophenyl]methanamine (204 mg, 882 mueta omicron) in ethanol (5 ml), after 5 minutes sodium triacetoxyborohydride (372 mg, 1.76 mmol) was added. After 6 hours the reaction mixture was concentrated, redissolved in dichloromethane (5 ml), washed with sodium hydroxide (5 ml, 1 M aqueous), the aqueous phase was extracted with additional dichloromethane (2×1 ml), the combined organic phases were dried using a phase separator, and concentrated to afford the desired intermediate as a yellow oil (253 mg, 87 %).
The synthetic route of 2,4-Difluorobenzonitrile has been constantly updated, and we look forward to future research findings.
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Patent; ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.; BURSTEIN, Ethan, S.; OLSSON, Roger; BORGSTROeM, Bjoern, Gustav; JANSSON, Karl, Erik; SKOeLD, Niklas, Patrik; VON WACHENFELDT, Henrik; WAHLSTROeM, Larisa, Yudina; (250 pag.)WO2019/40107; (2019); A1;,
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