2-Fluoro-4-iodo benzonitrile is a building block.1,2 It has been used in the synthesis of L. infantum trypanothione reductase (Li-TryR) dimerization and oxidoreductase activity inhibitors.1 2-Fluoro-4-iodo benzonitrile has also been used in the synthesis of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) antagonists.2
1.Revuelto, A., Ruiz-Santaquiteria, M., de Lucio, H., et al.Pyrrolopyrimidine vs imidazole-phenyl-thiazole scaffolds in nonpeptidic dimerization inhibitors of Leishmania infantum trypanothione reductaseACS Infect. Dis.5(6)873-891(2019) 2.Vallin, K.S., Sterky, K.J., Nyman, E., et al.N-1-Alkyl-2-oxo-2-aryl amides as novel antagonists of the TRPA1 receptorBioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.22(17)5485-5492(2012)