阅读说明：本技术 一种马来酸氯苯那敏中间体的制备方法 (Preparation method of chlorpheniramine maleate intermediate ) 是由 宋更申 陈玺朝 刘兆国 于 2020-12-25 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明属于有机药物合成领域,具体涉及一种马来酸氯苯那敏中间体的制备方法。包括如下步骤：氯苯乙腈在氨基钠作用下与2-卤吡啶反应,得到2-(4-氯苯基)-2-(吡啶-2-基)乙腈粗品；主要改进点为,将所述2-(4-氯苯基)-2-(吡啶-2-基)乙腈粗品与氯化氢的乙酸乙酯溶液反应得到2-(4-氯苯基)-2-(吡啶-2-基)乙腈盐酸盐沉淀。本发明的方法操作步骤简单,对设备要求较低,可得状态良好的盐酸盐,且易纯化,产品纯度更高,适合工业放大生产。(The invention belongs to the field of organic drug synthesis, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a chlorpheniramine maleate intermediate. The method comprises the following steps: reacting chlorobenzonitrile with 2-halopyridine under the action of sodium amide to obtain a crude product of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile; the main improvement point is that the crude product of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile reacts with the ethyl acetate solution of hydrogen chloride to obtain 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate. The method has simple operation steps, lower requirements on equipment, can obtain hydrochloride in a good state, is easy to purify, has higher product purity, and is suitable for industrial scale-up production.)

1. A preparation method of a chlorpheniramine maleate intermediate comprises the following steps: reacting chlorobenzonitrile with 2-halopyridine under the action of sodium amide to obtain a crude product of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile; it is characterized in that the preparation method is characterized in that,

1) adding an organic solvent into the solution containing the crude product of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile obtained by the reaction to extract the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile to obtain the primarily purified 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile;

2) dissolving the primarily purified 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile in ethyl acetate to obtain an ethyl acetate solution of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile;

3) adding a solution of hydrogen chloride in ethyl acetate into the solution of 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile to react to obtain 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent in step 1) is ethyl acetate.

3. The preparation method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the temperature of the reaction system is controlled to be-4 ℃ in the salt forming reaction process in the step 3).

4. The process according to claim 1, wherein the 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate obtained in the step 3) is slurried with an organic solution and filtered to obtain a purified 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the organic solvent is at least one selected from the group consisting of ethyl acetate, methyl t-butyl ether, n-hexane, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, 1, 4-dioxane, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, and isopropyl acetate, preferably methyl t-butyl ether.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the 2-halopyridine is at least one selected from 2-chloropyridine, 2-bromopyridine and 2-iodopyridine, preferably 2-bromopyridine.

7. The production method according to claim 1, wherein in the step 3), the ethyl acetate solution of hydrogen chloride is added dropwise to a solution containing the crude product of the chlorophenylacetonitrile to which the 2-chloropyridine is added dropwise.

8. The preparation method of claim 1, wherein the 2-chloropyridine is dropwise added into the chlorobenzonitrile for reaction, and the reaction temperature is controlled to be 10-60 ℃ in the dropwise adding process; preferably 25 to 30 ℃.

9. The preparation method according to claim 1 or 8, wherein in the process of reacting to generate the crude product of 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile, the temperature of a reaction system is controlled to be 20-90 ℃; preferably 25 to 30 ℃.

10. The process according to any one of claims 1 to 9, which further comprises an operation of subjecting the 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride obtained by the reaction to a chloride ion removal to obtain 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of organic drug synthesis, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a chlorpheniramine maleate intermediate.

Background

Chlorpheniramine maleate, i.e. chlorpheniramine maleate and antihistamine drugs play an antiallergic role through antagonism to H1 receptor, and are suitable for skin allergy: urticaria, eczema, dermatitis, drug eruption, skin pruritus, neurodermatitis, insect bite, and solar dermatitis, and can also be used for allergic rhinitis, drug allergy and food allergy. It can also be used for treating allergic rhinitis, vasomotor rhinitis, drug allergy and food allergy. As histamine H1 receptor antagonist, it can resist telangiectasia caused by anaphylaxis, reduce capillary permeability, relieve asthma caused by bronchial smooth muscle contraction, has long-lasting antihistaminic effect, and also has obvious central inhibition effect, and can increase the effects of narcotic, analgesic, hypnotic and local anesthetic, and is mainly metabolized in liver.

The chlorpheniramine maleate has the chemical name of N, N-dimethyl-gamma- (4-chlorphenyl) -2-pyridylpropylamine maleate, the molecular formula of C20H23ClN2O4 and the CAS number of 113-92-8, and the structural formula is as follows:

at present, the common synthetic process route of chlorpheniramine maleate is as follows:

the method has the advantages of low material cost, simple process operation and suitability for industrial production. However, the crude products of INT1, INT2 and INT3 are all oily liquids with purity of only 70%, and the oily liquids are not easy to be purified and stored. At present, the post-treatment method of the related structure mainly comprises column chromatography, reduced pressure distillation and direct utilization of the crude product. Wherein, the industrial production process of column chromatography has poor operability; because the boiling point of the compound is higher, the requirement on production equipment is higher when the reduced pressure distillation is carried out, if a crude product is used as an initial raw material for carrying out subsequent reaction, the reaction is not facilitated, and more impurities are generated to influence the product quality and the yield.

Currently, the preparation methods of the intermediate INT1 and its derivative structure are reported as follows:

1) related documents J.M.C.1991,34,1314-1328 "Optical isomers of drugs and compounds" Synthesis and H1 anti-inflammatory activity of its enantiomers and its structural relationship to the said synthetic analogs ", university of 2002" research on the 2-p-chlorobenzylpyridine Synthesis process ", and ACS Chemical Biology,2014,9, 1536" Identification of Inhibitors of PvdQ ", an Enzyme assay in the Synthesis of the said Sideroprotein" report that the crude product is purified by column chromatography to obtain a purified intermediate.

2) The patent CN111100067A, and the document Chinese Journal of Medical Chemistry,2020,30,217-222, "improvement of synthesis process of chlorpheniramine maleate" report that the crude product is directly applied to the next reaction without any purification.

3) U.S. Pat. No. 5, 3225054A, and J.Am.chem.Soc.1951,73,5752-.

The above-mentioned patents and the methods reported in the literature are mostly purified by column chromatography or reduced pressure distillation, and some crude products are directly applied to the next reaction without purification. In the above method, the purification method requires either a large amount of solvent and silica gel, or harsh distillation conditions, and if the crude product is used for direct reaction, excessive byproducts are generated, which increases the difficulty of subsequent purification and affects the yield. Therefore, it is necessary to find a preparation method which is simple to operate.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the problems in the prior art in preparing high-purity chlorpheniramine maleate intermediates, the invention provides a simple method for preparing high-purity intermediates INT1(2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile), which comprises the following steps: the chlorobenzonitrile reacts with 2-halopyridine under the action of sodium amide to obtain a crude product of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, and then the crude product is treated as follows:

1) adding an organic solvent into the solution containing the crude product of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile obtained by the reaction to extract the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile to obtain the primarily purified 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile;

2) dissolving the primarily purified 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile in ethyl acetate to obtain an ethyl acetate solution of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile;

3) adding a solution of hydrogen chloride in ethyl acetate into the solution of 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile to react to obtain 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate.

The 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile crude product obtained by the reaction is reacted with an ethyl acetate solution of hydrogen chloride to obtain 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate, the purification of materials is realized to obtain refined 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, the materials obtained by the reaction must be primarily purified before salt forming reaction, otherwise, precipitate cannot be formed.

As a preferred mode of operation, the molar ratio of the crude 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile to the hydrogen chloride in the ethyl acetate solution of hydrogen chloride is 1: 0.8 to 0.9.

Preferably, the organic solvent in step 1) is ethyl acetate.

Preferably, the temperature of the reaction system is controlled to be-4 ℃ in the salification reaction process in the step 3). The reaction temperature is controlled within the range, so that the salt forming reaction is favorably and fully carried out, and the yield of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride is high.

Preferably, the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate prepared in the step 3) is added with an organic solution for beating and then filtered to prepare the purified 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride. The precipitated mixture obtained by the reaction is pulped by adding an organic solution, the material can be further purified, and the obtained 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride has higher purity.

Preferably, the organic solvent in the pulping process is at least one of ethyl acetate, methyl tert-butyl ether, n-hexane, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, 1, 4-dioxane, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-butanol and isopropyl acetate

Further preferably, the organic solvent is methyl tert-butyl ether.

Preferably, the 2-halopyridine is at least one of 2-chloropyridine, 2-bromopyridine and 2-iodopyridine;

further preferred is 2-bromopyridine.

Preferably, in the process of the salt forming reaction in the step 3), the ethyl acetate solution of hydrogen chloride is added dropwise into the solution containing the 2-chloropyridine which is added dropwise into the crude product of the chloroacrylonitrile. The reaction speed can be effectively controlled by dripping, which is beneficial to the full reaction.

Preferably, the 2-chloropyridine is dripped into the chlorobenzene acetonitrile for reaction, and the reaction temperature is controlled to be 10-60 ℃ in the dripping process;

further preferably, the reaction temperature is controlled to be 25-30 ℃ in the dropping process. The product can be ensured to have higher yield by dripping at the temperature.

Preferably, in the process of generating the crude product of the 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile by the reaction, the temperature of the reaction system is controlled to be 20-90 ℃.

Further preferably, the temperature in the reaction process is controlled to be 25-30 ℃. The reaction time is shortened by the increase of the reaction temperature, but the purity of the reaction system and the purity of the product are influenced, and the product with higher purity can be ensured under the conditions.

Preferably, the method further comprises a step of removing chloride ions from the 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride obtained in the reaction to obtain 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile. Through the above-mentioned operation, the reaction is carried out again to obtain high-purity 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride and the chloride ion is removed to obtain 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile, which can continue to participate in the next reaction.

The above-mentioned operation can be carried out by a conventional operation in the art, such as addition of a base and the like.

As a preferred mode of operation, the method of the invention comprises the steps of:

1) reacting chlorobenzonitrile with 2-halopyridine under the action of sodium amide to obtain a crude product of 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, wherein the reaction is carried out in a toluene solution, 2-chloropyridine is dropwise added into the chlorobenzonitrile for reaction, and the reaction temperature is controlled to be 25-30 ℃ in the dropwise adding process; after the dropwise addition is finished, controlling the temperature in the reaction process to be 25-30 ℃;

2) adding ethyl acetate into the solution containing the crude product of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile obtained by the reaction to extract the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile to obtain the primarily purified 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile;

3) dissolving the primarily purified 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile in ethyl acetate to obtain an ethyl acetate solution of the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile;

4) and adding an ethyl acetate solution of hydrogen chloride into the ethyl acetate solution of the 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile to react to obtain 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate, wherein the temperature of a reaction system is controlled to be-4 ℃ in the salt forming reaction process.

5) Adding the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate obtained in the step 4) into methyl tert-butyl ether for pulping and filtering to obtain the purified 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride.

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

the invention firstly proposes that the ethyl acetate solution added with hydrogen chloride reacts with the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile crude product to purify the 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile crude product by obtaining 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile hydrochloride precipitate, the operation steps are simple, the requirement on equipment is lower, the hydrochloride with good state can be obtained, the purification is easy, the product purity is higher, and the method is suitable for industrial amplification production.

Detailed Description

The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Example 1

The embodiment relates to a preparation method of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, which comprises the following steps:

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask and after stirring the reaction at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1) was added.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction, the temperature was controlled below 25-30 ℃ and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2, 3V of 2), separating, and concentrating the organic phase; (ii) a

3) Adding ethyl acetate (15V) to the organic phase;

4) stirring in an ice-water bath, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride ethyl acetate solution (1M, 1.0eq), and filtering;

5) the filter cake was washed with ethyl acetate, followed by addition of methyl t-butyl ether (10V), pulping for 1 hour, filtration and natural drying to give a refined product (151g, purity 95%).

Example 2

The embodiment relates to a preparation method of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, which comprises the following steps:

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at 30-40 ℃ or less, and after the addition was completed, the reaction was monitored by TLC at room temperature (25-30 ℃). After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2, 3V of 2), separating, and concentrating the organic phase;

3) adding ethyl acetate (15V) to the organic phase;

4) stirring in an ice-water bath, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride ethyl acetate solution (1M, 1.0eq), and filtering;

5) the filter cake was washed with ethyl acetate, followed by addition of methyl t-butyl ether (10V), pulping for 1 hour, filtration, and natural drying to give a refined product (128g, purity 91%).

Example 3

The embodiment relates to a preparation method of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, which comprises the following steps:

1) p-chlorophenethyl chlorideNitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at 50-60 ℃ or less, and after the addition was completed, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (85-90 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2, 3V of 2), separating, and concentrating the organic phase;

3) adding ethyl acetate (15V) to the organic phase;

4) stirring in an ice-water bath, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride ethyl acetate solution (1M, 1.0eq), and filtering;

5) the filter cake was washed with ethyl acetate, followed by addition of methyl t-butyl ether (10V), pulping for 1 hour, filtration and natural drying to give a refined product (121g, purity 81%).

Example 4

The embodiment relates to a preparation method of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, which comprises the following steps:

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at a temperature of 25-30 ℃ or below, and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2, 3V of 2), separating, and concentrating the organic phase;

3) adding ethyl acetate (15V) to the organic phase;

4) stirring in an ice-water bath, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride ethyl acetate solution (0.8M, 1.0eq), and filtering;

5) the filter cake was washed with ethyl acetate, followed by addition of methyl t-butyl ether (10V), pulping for 1 hour, filtration, and natural drying to give a refined product (150g, purity 95%).

Example 5

The embodiment relates to a preparation method of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, which comprises the following steps:

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at a temperature of 25-30 ℃ or below, and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2, 3V of 2), separating, and concentrating the organic phase;

3) adding ethyl acetate (15V) to the organic phase;

4) stirring in an ice-water bath, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride ethyl acetate solution (1.2M, 1.0eq), and filtering;

5) the filter cake was washed with ethyl acetate, followed by addition of methyl t-butyl ether (10V), pulping for 1 hour, filtration and natural drying to give a refined product (152g, purity 95%).

Example 6

The embodiment relates to a preparation method of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, which comprises the following steps:

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at a temperature of 25-30 ℃ or below, and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2, 3V of 2), separating, and concentrating the organic phase;

3) adding ethyl acetate (15V) to the organic phase;

4) stirring in an ice-water bath, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride ethyl acetate solution (3.0M, 1.0eq), and filtering;

5) the filter cake was washed with ethyl acetate, followed by addition of methyl t-butyl ether (10V), pulping for 1 hour, filtration and natural drying to give a refined product (151g, purity 95%).

Example 7

The embodiment relates to a preparation method of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, which comprises the following steps:

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at a temperature of 25-30 ℃ or below, and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2, 3V of 2), separating, and concentrating the organic phase;

3) adding ethyl acetate (15V) to the organic phase;

4) stirring in an ice-water bath, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride ethyl acetate solution (1M, 1.0eq), and filtering;

5) the filter cake was washed with ethyl acetate and dried naturally to give the product (155g, 80% purity).

Example 8

The embodiment relates to a preparation method of 2- (4-chlorphenyl) -2- (pyridine-2-yl) acetonitrile, which comprises the following steps:

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at a temperature of 25-30 ℃ or below, and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2, 3V of 2), separating, and concentrating the organic phase;

3) to the organic was added ethyl acetate (15V);

4) stirring at 25-30 deg.C, adding ethyl acetate solution (1M, 1.0eq) of hydrogen chloride, and filtering;

5) the filter cake was washed with ethyl acetate and dried naturally to give the product (128g, 81% purity).

Comparative example 1

This comparative example relates to a process for the preparation of 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile, which differs from the examples in that the crude 2- (4-chlorophenyl) -2- (pyridin-2-yl) acetonitrile obtained from the reaction is not subjected to a preliminary purification comprising the following steps:

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at a temperature of 25-30 ℃ or below, and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) ethyl acetate (270mL x 2, 3V x 2) was added, stirred in an ice-water bath, and an ethyl hydrogen chloride acetate solution (1.0eq) was added dropwise to precipitate a large amount of viscous liquid, with no solid precipitated.

Comparative example 2

Compared with the embodiment, the difference of the comparative example is that the ethanol solution of hydrogen chloride is added dropwise to carry out salt forming reaction.

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at a temperature of 25-30 ℃ or below, and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2 and 3V of 2), separating, concentrating the organic phase, adding ethyl acetate (15V), stirring at 25-30 ℃, dropwise adding a hydrogen chloride ethanol solution (1.0eq), completely dissolving the product, and separating out no solid.

Comparative example 3

The comparative example is different from the examples in that the salt-forming reaction is carried out by adding dropwise an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride.

1) p-Chlorobenzeneacetonitrile (90.95g, 1.0eq) was charged to a 1L three-necked flask, toluene (455mL, 5V) was added, and NaNH was added₂(51.49g, 2.2eq) was added to a three-necked flask, the reaction was stirred at 25-30 ℃ for 30 minutes, 2-bromopyridine (104.28g, 1.1eq) was added dropwise to the reaction at a temperature of 25-30 ℃ or below, and after completion of the addition, the reaction was carried out at room temperature (25-30 ℃) and monitored by TLC. After the reaction is finished, cooling the reaction system to room temperature, adding water (180mL, 2V) for quenching, and stirring for 30 minutes;

2) adding ethyl acetate (270mL of 2 and 3V of 2), separating, concentrating the organic phase, adding ethyl acetate (15V), stirring in an ice-water bath, dropwise adding an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid, standing, and layering.

Although the invention has been described in detail hereinabove by way of general description, specific embodiments and experiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many modifications and improvements can be made thereto based on the invention. Accordingly, such modifications and improvements are intended to be within the scope of the invention as claimed.