Trimethylamine → 1,2,3,9-Tetrahydro-9-methyl-3-methylene-4H-carbazol-4-one

Reaktionsgleichung

CC1N([CH2:7][CH:8]2[C:21](=[O:22])[C:12]3[C:13]4[CH:14]=[CH:15][CH:16]=[CH:17][C:18]=4[N:19]([CH3:20])[C:11]=3[CH2:10][CH2:9]2)C=CN=1.CI.CN(C)C>>[CH3:20][N:19]1[C:11]2[CH2:10][CH2:9][C:8](=[CH2:7])[C:21](=[O:22])[C:12]=2[C:13]2[C:18]1=[CH:17][CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=2

Komponenten

Edukt 3

HCID 1146Trimethylamine

HCID 4595Ondansetron

HCID 6328Methyl iodide

Produkt 1

HCID 117905051,2,3,9-Tetrahydro-9-methyl-3-methylene-4H-carbazol-4-one

Versuchsvorschrift

Peculiarly, the above-said patent specification indicates this tertiary amine to be known per se and, in addition, ondansetron can be prepared therefrom in an other way, too. After quaternizing the tertiary amine with methyl iodide, trimethylamine is split off from the obtained methoiodide by Hofmann's elimination reaction to give 9-methyl-3-methylene-1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-4H-carbazol-4-one. The thus-obtained electrophilic conjugated enone is subjected to an addition reaction with 2-methylimidazole (see Example 8 of the specification). The surprisingly moderate yield of 43.2% of the reaction shows that the significance of this simple direct addition, starting from the separated enone, should not be overestimated.