1H-Indole, 1-ethyl-2-methyl- → Benzoic acid, 2-[4-(diethylamino)benzoyl]-

Reaction equation

CN(C)[C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]2[C:10](=[O:11])[O:9][C:7](=[O:8])[C:6]2=[CH:12][CH:13]=1.[CH2:15]([N:17]1[C:25]2[C:20](=[CH:21][CH:22]=[CH:23][CH:24]=2)[CH:19]=[C:18]1C)[CH3:16]>>[CH2:18]([N:17]([CH2:15][CH3:16])[C:25]1[CH:20]=[CH:21][C:22]([C:10]([C:5]2[CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:13]=[CH:12][C:6]=2[C:7]([OH:9])=[O:8])=[O:11])=[CH:23][CH:24]=1)[CH3:19]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 1704321H-Indole, 1-ethyl-2-methyl-

HCID 114354424-(Dimethylamino)phthalic anhydride

Product 1

HCID 11055585Benzoic acid, 2-[4-(diethylamino)benzoyl]-

Procedure

The keto-glutaric anhydride (I) is reacted mol-for-mol with a compound such as 1-ethyl-2-methylindole (T) in the presence of a catalyst, as previously disclosed, to yield keto-acid (II).

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-81ec31d27d664a5f856e3491eff425fb
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1978_10
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04119776

Reaction notes

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