5-Bromo-2-((4-methoxybenZyl)oxy)benZaldehyde

Conditions: temp:90.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 3-bromo-6-((4-methoxybenzyl)oxy)benzaldehyde (4 g), Zn(CN)2 (1 g) and Pd(PPh3)4 (4.32 g) in 40 mL DMF was stirred at 90° C. for 3 hours, cooled to ambient temperature and diluted with 100 mL 50% NH4OH. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×). The organic layer was dried, concentrated and purified on silica gel column (ethyl acetate/hexane, 1:4) to afford 2.8 g of 3-cyano-6-((4-methoxybenzyl)oxy)benzaldehyde as a yellow solid. cooled to ambient temperature The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×) The organic layer was dried concentrated purified on silica gel column (ethyl acetate/hexane, 1:4)