3-(4-methylphenyl)prop-2-enenitrile

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

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

Procedure: In a similar fashion, 4-methylcinnamonitrile was treated with diisobutyl aluminum hydride and the intermediate aluminum-imine complex treated with (R)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine. The intermediate imine was treated with ethanolic sodium borohydride. Work-up and chromatography yielded (R)-N-[3-(4-methylphenyl)prop-2-enyl]-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, 12B, as a clear, colorless oil; m/z (rel. int.) 281 (M+, 6), 266 (5), 176 (27), 146 (75), 135 (63), 131 (100), 115 (25), 105 (21), 91 (21), 77 (21).

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

Procedure: In a similar fashion, 4-methylcinnamonitrile was treated with diisobutyl aluminum hydride and the intermediate aluminum-imine complex treated with (R)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine. The intermediate imine was treated with ethanolic sodium borohydride. Work-up and chromatography yielded (R)-N-[3-(4-methylphenyl)prop-2-enyl]-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, 12B, as a clear, colorless oil; m/z (rel. int.) 281 (M+, 6), 266 (5), 176 (27), 146 (75), 135 (63), 131 (100), 115 (25), 105 (21), 91 (21), 77 (21).

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

Procedure: In a similar fashion, 4-methylcinnamonitrile was treated with diisobutyl aluminum hydride and the intermediate aluminum-imine complex treated with (R)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine. The intermediate imine was treated with ethanolic sodium borohydride. Work-up and chromatography yielded (R)-N-[3-(4-methylphenyl)prop-2-enyl]-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, 12B, as a clear, colorless oil; m/z (rel. int.) 281 (M+, 6), 266 (5), 176 (27), 146 (75), 135 (63), 131 (100), 115 (25), 105 (21), 91 (21), 77 (21).

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

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

Procedure: A 1.0 g. amount of sodium metal is dissolved in 100 ml. of absolute ethanol, then 20.0 ml. of phenylhydrazine is added followed in 5 minutes by 24.0 ml. of (mixed cis and trans) 4-methyl cinnamonitrile. The reaction mixture is refluxed for 4 hours then is cooled. The precipitate is collected by filtration then is recrystallized from acetone-hexane after treatment with activated charcoal to give 14.25 g. of the desired product as pale orange needles, m.p. 165°-166.5° C. The reaction mixture is refluxed for 4 hours then is cooled The precipitate is collected by filtration then is recrystallized from acetone-hexane after treatment with activated charcoal to give 14.25 g

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

Procedure: 88 g of 4-bromomethylcinnamonitrile (obtained by bromination of 4-methylcinnamonitrile with N-bromosuccinimide in carbon tetrachloride, and having a melting point of 105°-107° C.) are mixed with 256 g of triethylphosphite. The mixture is then slowly heated to 150° C. with stirring, and then stirred for 3 hours at this temperature. Excess phosphite is then removed in vacuo, affording the crude phosphonate of the formula ##STR68## in the form of a light brown oil.

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

Procedure: A 1.0 g. amount of sodium metal is dissolved in 100 ml. of absolute ethanol, then 20.0 ml. of phenylhydrazine is added followed in 5 minutes by 24.0 ml. of (mixed cis and trans) 4-methyl cinnamonitrile. The reaction mixture is refluxed for 4 hours then is cooled. The precipitate is collected by filtration then is recrystallized from acetone-hexane after treatment with activated charcoal to give 14.25 g. of the desired product as pale orange needles, m.p. 165°-166.5° C. The reaction mixture is refluxed for 4 hours then is cooled The precipitate is collected by filtration then is recrystallized from acetone-hexane after treatment with activated charcoal to give 14.25 g

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

Procedure: In a similar fashion, 4-methylcinnamonitrile was treated with diisobutyl aluminum hydride and the intermediate aluminum-imine complex treated with (R)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine. The intermediate imine was treated with ethanolic sodium borohydride. Work-up and chromatography yielded (R)-N-[3-(4-methylphenyl)prop-2-enyl]-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine, 12B, as a clear, colorless oil; m/z (rel. int.) 281 (M+, 6), 266 (5), 176 (27), 146 (75), 135 (63), 131 (100), 115 (25), 105 (21), 91 (21), 77 (21).