1-(Bromomethyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene → 9-[(2-trifluoromethylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one

HRID 51375

Reaction equation

HRID 51375 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]([F:30])([F:29])[C:21]1[CH:28]=[CH:27][CH:26]=[CH:25][C:22]=1[CH2:23]Br>CN(C=O)C.C(OCC)(=O)C>[F:19][C:20]([F:29])([F:30])[C:21]1[CH:28]=[CH:27][CH:26]=[CH:25][C:22]=1[CH2:23][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 1230571-(Bromomethyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzeneHCID 11368514methyl 4-oxo-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-5-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 227385969-[(2-trifluoromethylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-oneYield 83.5%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolventHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

40% Methanolic Triton B (2.18 mL, 4.8 mM) was slowly added dropwise to a solution of 5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydro-9H-carbazol-4(3H)-one (973 mg, 4.0 mM) in 10 mL of DMF at −10° C. After 30 minutes, 2-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl bromide (1.3 g, 5.2 mM) was added and the resultant mixture stirred at room temperature for 23 hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed five times with H2O, once with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, concentrated, and dried in vacuo to afford 1.34 g (83%) of the 9-[(2-trifluoromethylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one as a tan solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ7.7 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 7.4-7.1 (m, 5H), 6.4 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 5.5 (s, 2H), 4.05 (s, 3H), 2.8 (t, 2H, J=6 Hz), 2.6 (t, 2H, J=6 Hz), and 2.2 (m, 2H). IR (KBr, cm−1) 1729 and 1656. MS (ES) m/e 402.

Workup

  1. washwashed five times with H2O
  2. dry with materialonce with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customdried in vacuo

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-703959c9223a4e358d0546d485243aa9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_03
Patent number
US06713645B1

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