Potassium Carbonate → 7-(Cyanomethoxy)indole

HRID 375682

Reaction equation

HRID 375682 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=[C:13]2[C:17]=1[NH:16][CH:15]=[CH:14]2)[C:2]1C=CC=CC=1.BrCC#[N:21].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CO.[Pd].C(C(C)=O)C>[C:2]([CH2:1][O:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=[C:13]2[C:17]=1[NH:16][CH:15]=[CH:14]2)#[N:21]

Participants

7

Reactant 3

HCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 11534BromoacetonitrileHCID 2607987-(Benzyloxy)-1H-indole

Product 1

HCID 150540207-(Cyanomethoxy)indole

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 3

HCID 23938PalladiumCatalystHCID 887MethanolSolventHCID 6569Methyl Ethyl KetoneSolvent

Procedure

A solution of 7-benzyloxyindole (0.5 g, 2.24 mmol) in methanol (100 ml) is hydrogenated at 60 psi (4.38 Kg/cm2) over 10% palladium on charcoal (50 mg) for 4 hours. The catalyst is filtered off and the filtrate was evaporated. A stirred solution of the residue and bromoacetonitrile (0.16 ml, 2.3 mmol) in methyl ethyl ketone (5 ml) is heated under reflux with solid anhydrous potassium carbonate (0.62 g, 4.5 mmol) for 2 hours, cooled, poured onto ice-hydrochloric acid and extracted with dichloromethane. The extract is dried and evaporated and the residue is chromatographed on silica in ethyl acetate-hexane (1:2) to give a pale solid.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe catalyst is filtered off
  2. customthe filtrate was evaporated
  3. temperaturecooled
  4. additionpoured onto ice-hydrochloric acid
  5. extractionextracted with dichloromethane
  6. customThe extract is dried
  7. customevaporated
  8. customthe residue is chromatographed on silica in ethyl acetate-hexane (1:2)
  9. customto give a pale solid

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4c6aae2296174cc790b579f85ad74fbc
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_01
Patent number
US05486612

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