Improved synthesis of mono- and disubstituted 2-halonicotinonitriles from alkylidene malononitriles.

Pyridines with 2,3,4 and/or 5 substitution remain challenging to prepare. Existing strategies to form multisubstituted 2-halonicotinonitriles via enamines suffer from dimerization of the starting alkylidene malononitriles resulting in low yields. Through alteration of reaction conditions, a new high yielding method into enamines was realized by condensing DMF-DMA and alkylidene malononitriles in the presence of substoichiometric acetic anhydride. Cyclization of the resulting enamines under Pinner conditions provided 2-halonicotinonitriles in high overall yields.

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