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

HRID 567316Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 567316 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].[CH3:19][C:20]1[CH:21]=[C:22]([CH:25]=[C:26]([CH3:28])[CH:27]=1)[CH2:23]Br.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C=O)C.C(OCC)(=O)C>[CH3:19][C:20]1[CH:27]=[C:26]([CH2:28][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]=[C:22]([CH3:23])[CH:21]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 1413343,5-Dimethylbenzyl bromideHCID 11368514methyl 4-oxo-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-5-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 227388799-[(3,5-dimethylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-oneYield 67%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolventHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

A suspension of 5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydro-9H-carbazol-4(3H)-one (850 mg, 3.5 mM), 3,5-dimethylbenzyl bromide (765 mg, 3.8 mM), and potassium carbonate (500 mg, 3.61 mM) in 25 mL DMF was stirred at room temperature for 19 hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with H2O and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (elution with ethyl acetate) to afford 0.84 g (67%) of the 9-[(3,5-dimethylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one as a foam. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.7 (dd, 1H, J=1 and 8 Hz), 7.3-7.2 (m, 2H), 6.9 (s, 1H), 6.75 (s, 2H), 5.45 (s, 2H), 3.8 (s, 3H), 3.0 (m, 2H), 2.45 (m, 2H), 2.2 (s, 6H), and 2.1 (m, 2H). IR (KBr, cm−1) 1726, 1653, 1602, 1465, 1442, 1282, 1172, and 1116. MS (ES) m/e 362.

Workup

  1. washwashed with H2O and saturated brine
  2. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (elution with ethyl acetate)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-843eb991810c49f58a220982fd873120
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_01
Patent number
US06177440B1

Reaction notes

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