Indole → N-(4-methylphenyl)indole

HRID 227859

Reaction equation

HRID 227859 reaction equation
C([O-])([O-])=O.[Cs+].[Cs+].[NH:7]1[C:15]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=2)[CH:9]=[CH:8]1.Cl[C:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][C:20]([CH3:23])=[CH:19][CH:18]=1>C1C=CC(/C=C/C(/C=C/C2C=CC=CC=2)=O)=CC=1.C1C=CC(/C=C/C(/C=C/C2C=CC=CC=2)=O)=CC=1.C1C=CC(/C=C/C(/C=C/C2C=CC=CC=2)=O)=CC=1.[Pd].[Pd].C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[CH3:23][C:20]1[CH:21]=[CH:22][C:17]([N:7]2[C:15]3[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=[CH:13][CH:14]=3)[CH:9]=[CH:8]2)=[CH:18][CH:19]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 798IndoleHCID 78104-ChlorotolueneHCID 10796Cesium carbonate

Product 1

HCID 9794286N-(4-methylphenyl)indoleYield 89%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 9811564Bis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladiumCatalystHCID 1140TolueneSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
100 °C

Procedure

An oven-dried resealable Schlenk tube was purged with argon and charged with Pd2(dba)3 (11.6 mg, 0.012 mmol, 5 mol % Pd), 2 [Example 1] (11.0 mg, 0.028 mmol, 5.5 mol %), Cs2CO3 (230 mg, 0.75 mmol) and indole (60 mg, 0.51 mmol). The tube was purged with argon then toluene (1.0 mL) and 4-chlorotoluene (60 μL, 0.51 mmol) were added through a rubber septum. The septum was removed, the tube was sealed with a teflon screw cap and the mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 24 h. The reaction was then diluted with ether (20 mL), filtered through celite and concentrated in vacuo. The crude material was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel to afford 94 mg (89%) of a colorless oil.

Workup

  1. customAn oven-dried resealable Schlenk tube was purged with argon
  2. customThe tube was purged with argon
  3. customThe septum was removed
  4. customthe tube was sealed with a teflon
  5. customscrew cap
  6. additionThe reaction was then diluted with ether (20 mL)
  7. filtrationfiltered through celite and
  8. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  9. customThe crude material was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bb661d3940dc4e51b168603798017249
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_07
Patent number
US07560582B2

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