Nitromethane → 6-(2-Nitrovinyl)-1H-indole

HRID 983945

Reaction equation

HRID 983945 reaction equation
[NH:1]1[C:9]2[C:4](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[C:7]([CH:10]=O)[CH:8]=2)[CH:3]=[CH:2]1.C([O-])(=O)C.[NH4+].[N+:17]([CH3:20])([O-:19])=[O:18]>>[N+:17]([CH:20]=[CH:10][C:7]1[CH:8]=[C:9]2[C:4]([CH:3]=[CH:2][NH:1]2)=[CH:5][CH:6]=1)([O-:19])=[O:18]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 6375NitromethaneHCID 517165Ammonium AcetateHCID 27734351H-Indole-6-carboxaldehyde

Product 1

HCID 697441266-(2-Nitrovinyl)-1H-indoleYield 91%

Conditions

Temperature
100 °C

Procedure

A mixture of indole-6-carboxaldehyde (2.8 g), nitromethane (30 mL) and ammonium acetate (0.560 g) was stirred at 100° C. for 30 minutes. The excess nitromethane was removed under reduced pressure and the residue washed with water, dissolved in ethyl acetate (500 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure to a volume of about 50 mL. This solution was then diluted with petroleum ether and the resulting suspension filtered and dried to provide 3.3 g (91%) of the desired compound.

Workup

  1. customThe excess nitromethane was removed under reduced pressure
  2. washthe residue washed with water
  3. dissolutiondissolved in ethyl acetate (500 mL)
  4. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationthe filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure to a volume of about 50 mL
  7. additionThis solution was then diluted with petroleum ether
  8. filtrationthe resulting suspension filtered
  9. customdried

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4917d12733ac4e7c94d8ec3bd25ae698
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2005_03
Patent number
US06867198B2

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