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Buchwald–Hartwig amination, record ord-91c1aa5c02fc46a586e9f5a373b7526a

One recorded run of this reaction. Below is what the source recorded, and nothing added to it.

verified record0% yield recordedNot balanced as writtenFrom experimental reaction archive

Reactants and products as the record gives them. Reagents, catalysts and solvents are listed below rather than drawn.

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What was in the flask

RoleSpeciesFormulaYield
Reactant2-Bromo-4-fluorobenzonitrileC₇H₃BrFN
ReactantPiperazineC₄H₁₀N₂
ReagentCesium carbonateCCs₂O₃
CatalystBinap, (A+-)-C₄₄H₃₂P₂
CatalystBis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladiumC₅₁H₄₂O₃Pd₂
Solvent1,4-DioxaneC₄H₈O₂
Product4-Fluoro-2-(piperazin-1-yl)benzonitrileC₁₁H₁₂FN₃0%

The equation does not balance as written. That is usual for an experimental record: the source listed what it put in and what it measured, not a stoichiometric equation.

Conditions

Temperature
90 °C

Only the dimensions the source stated are listed. Anything absent here was not recorded, and it is not inferred from what the class usually needs.

Yield

  • 0% of 4-Fluoro-2-(piperazin-1-yl)benzonitrile.

Procedure

Copied from the source record, unedited

Tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium (0) (57.2 mg, 0.06 mmol) and rac-2,2'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (78 mg, 0.12 mmol) were added to a mixture of 2-bromo-4-fluorobenzonitrile (250 mg, 1.25 mmol), Cesium carbonate (611 mg, 1.87 mmol) and Piperazine (215 mg, 2.50 mmol) in dioxane (3 mL). Reaction vessel was placed in an oil bath at 90 °C 4pm. LCMS o/n shows several peaks. Larger peak corresponding to displacement of F by piperazine (MW266) than for desired product (205). Discarded

The source

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  • experimental reaction archive record ord-91c1aa5c02fc46a586e9f5a373b7526a from dataset "750 AstraZeneca ELN dataset" (url: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/60c9e3f37792a23bfdb2d471). No atom mapping is provided by the source.

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