alpha-Bromo-o-fluorotoluene → 9-[(2-fluorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one

HRID 51371

Reaction equation

HRID 51371 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:5]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[C:14]2[C:6]=1[C:7]1[C:8](=[O:18])[CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][C:12]=1[NH:13]2)([O:3][CH3:4])=[O:2].[F:19][C:20]1[CH:27]=[CH:26][CH:25]=[CH:24][C:21]=1[CH2:22]Br>CN(C=O)C.C(OCC)(=O)C>[F:19][C:20]1[CH:27]=[CH:26][CH:25]=[CH:24][C:21]=1[CH2:22][N:13]1[C:12]2[CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][C:8](=[O:18])[C:7]=2[C:6]2[C:14]1=[CH:15][CH:16]=[CH:17][C:5]=2[C:1]([O:3][CH3:4])=[O:2]

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 67968alpha-Bromo-o-fluorotolueneHCID 11368514methyl 4-oxo-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-5-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 227404289-[(2-fluorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-oneYield 55%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolventHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

40% Methanolic Triton B (2.82 mL, 6.2 mM) was slowly added dropwise to a solution of 5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydro-9H-carbazol-4(3H)-one (1.27 g, 5.22 mM) in 10 mL of DMF at 25° C. After 5 minutes, 2-fluorobenzyl bromide (1.19 g, 6.2 mM) was added and the resultant mixture stirred at room temperature for 17 days. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed five times with H2O, once with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (elution with gradient methylene chloride/ethyl acetate) to afford 1.00 g (55%) of the 9-[(2-fluorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one as a tan foam. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ7.7 (dd, 1H, J=1 and 8 Hz), 7.4-7.2 (m, 4H), 7.1 (t, 1H, J=8 Hz), 6.7 (t, 1H, J=8 Hz), 5.65 (s, 2H), 3.8 (s, 3H), 3.0 (t, 2H, J=6 Hz), 2.45 (t, 2H, J=6 Hz), and 2.1 (m, 2H). IR (CDCl3, cm−1) 3050, 2950, 1725, 1652, 1464, 1441, 1288 and 1120. MS (ES) m/e 350, 352.

Workup

  1. washwashed five times with H2O
  2. dry with materialonce with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (elution with gradient methylene chloride/ethyl acetate)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9a15514312764d1e944bf72cccb57872
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_03
Patent number
US06713645B1

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