Potassium Carbonate → 9-[(3-chlorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one

HRID 567271

Reaction equation

HRID 567271 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].[Cl:19][C:20]1[CH:21]=[C:22]([CH:25]=[CH:26][CH:27]=1)[CH2:23]Br.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>C(OCC)(=O)C.[I-].[Na+]>[Cl:19][C:20]1[CH:21]=[C:22]([CH2:23][N:13]2[C:12]3[CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][C:8](=[O:18])[C:7]=3[C:6]3[C:14]2=[CH:15][CH:16]=[CH:17][C:5]=3[C:1]([O:3][CH3:4])=[O:2])[CH:25]=[CH:26][CH:27]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 698381-(Bromomethyl)-3-chlorobenzeneHCID 11368514methyl 4-oxo-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-5-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 227385809-[(3-chlorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-oneYield 67.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 5238Sodium IodideCatalystHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

A suspension of 5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydro-9H-carbazol-4(3H)-one (527.0 mg, 2.17 mM), 3-chlorobenzyl bromide (802.2 mg, 3.90 mM), a catalytic amount of sodium iodide (ca. 1 mg), and potassium carbonate (500.0 mg, 3.62 mM) was stirred at room temperature for 150 hours. 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 537.1 mg (67%) of the 9-[(3-chlorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one as a yellow foam. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.5-7.2 (m, 5H), 7.1 (s, 1H), 6.85 (m, 1H), 5.35 (s, 2H), 4.05 (s, 3H), 2.9 (t, 2H, J=6 Hz), 2.65 (t, 2H, J=6 Hz), and 2.3 (m, 2H). IR (CHCl3, cm−1) 3050, 2950, 1725, 1654, 1464, 1444, 1432, 1288 and 1120. MS (ES) m/e 366, 368, 370.

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-5fe1a30ce0d548b9a8f2f11959dd178a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_01
Patent number
US06177440B1

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