Carbon tetrabromide → 3-(2-Bromoethyl)-1-methyl-1H-indole

HRID 1031497Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][N:2]1[C:10]2[C:5](=[CH:6][CH:7]=[CH:8][CH:9]=2)[C:4]([CH2:11][CH2:12]O)=[CH:3]1.C(Br)(Br)(Br)[Br:15].C1(P(C2C=CC=CC=2)C2C=CC=CC=2)C=CC=CC=1>C(#N)C>[Br:15][CH2:12][CH2:11][C:4]1[C:5]2[C:10](=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=2)[N:2]([CH3:1])[CH:3]=1

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 0 °C

Procedure

To a solution of 1-methyl-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)indole (4.00 g,0.023 mol) in 50 mL of acetonitrile at -20° C. under Ar was added a solution of CBr4 (10.16 g, 0.031 mol) in 25 mL of acetonitrile, followed by a solution of triphenylphosphine (8.00 g, 0.031 mol) in 125 mL of acetonitrile. The mixture was stirred and allowed to warm to 0° C. over 2 h. The resulting mixture was evaporated and the residue was chromatographed (SiO2 /hexane, then ethyl acetate-hexane=1:4) to give the product (4.00 g, 74%) as a brown oil: IR (neat) 2940, 1617, 1552 cm-1 ; 1Hnmr (200 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.58 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.33-7.09 (m, 3H), 6.95 (s, 1H), 3.77 (s, 3H), 3.62 (t, J=7.9 Hz, 2 H), 3.32 (t, J=7.7 Hz, 2H).

Workup

customThe resulting mixture was evaporated
customthe residue was chromatographed (SiO2 /hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-152a9b43ecbc4c3da9b10e5ceb4613f8
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1990_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04954502

Reaction notes

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