P-Anisidine → N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-indole-3-carboxamide

HRID 351904

Reaction equation

HRID 351904 reaction equation
[O:1]=[C:2]1[CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][C:7]2[NH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([C:11]([OH:13])=O)[C:3]1=2.[CH3:14][O:15][C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([NH2:22])=[CH:18][CH:17]=1.Cl.CN(C)CCCN=C=NCC>O1CCOCC1>[CH3:14][O:15][C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([NH:22][C:11]([C:4]2[C:3]3[C:2](=[O:1])[CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][C:7]=3[NH:6][CH:5]=2)=[O:13])=[CH:18][CH:17]=1

Participants

5

Procedure

A mixture of 4-oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-indole-3-carboxylic acid (179 mg, 1 mmol), p-anisidine (616 mg, 5 mmol), and 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride [EDCI] (959 mg, 5 mmol) in 50% aqueous 1,4-dioxane (10 mL) was stirred at ambient temperature for 17 h. After concentrating in vacuo, the residue was taken up in 10% methanol in ethyl acetate, washed with 1.3M hydrochloric acid then with aqueous sodium bicarbonate, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate afforded N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-indole-3-carboxamide (Compound 1); mp 219-220° C.

Workup

  1. concentrationAfter concentrating in vacuo
  2. washwashed with 1.3M hydrochloric acid
  3. dry with materialwith aqueous sodium bicarbonate, dried over magnesium sulfate
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  6. customRecrystallization from ethyl acetate

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c72cfa284e5642298208b2141c67cc4b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_06
Patent number
US06743817B2

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