Sodium Hydroxide → 1H-indole-2,5-dicarboxylic Acid

HRID 1071793Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1071793 reaction equation
CC[O:3][C:4]([C:6]1[NH:7][C:8]2[C:13]([CH:14]=1)=[CH:12][C:11]([C:15]([OH:17])=[O:16])=[CH:10][CH:9]=2)=[O:5].[OH-].[Na+]>O.CO>[NH:7]1[C:8]2[C:13](=[CH:12][C:11]([C:15]([OH:17])=[O:16])=[CH:10][CH:9]=2)[CH:14]=[C:6]1[C:4]([OH:5])=[O:3]

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
50 °C

Procedure

Solution of 1H-Indole-2,5-dicarboxylic acid 2-ethyl ester# (20.0 g, 85.75 mmole) and NaOH (100 mmole) in a mixture of water/MeOH (1/1) (200 ml) was stirred at 50° C. for 4 h and then overnight at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo to dryness and the residue was dissolved in water (200 ml) and acidified with 1M HCl up to pH=3. The precipitates were collected on the filter and washed with water (3×50 ml) and dried over phosphorus pentoxide in dessicator to give indole-2,5-dicarboxylic acid 1 (10.38 g, 59%) of compound 1 as white crystals. MS: 203.7 (M−2H); 204.7 (M−H). 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6): 8.32 (m, 1H, H-4, indole); 7.80 (m, 1H, H-6, indole); 7.45 (d, 1H, H-7, indole); 7.22 (s, 1H, H-3, indole).

Workup

  1. customovernight
  2. customat ambient temperature
  3. customThe reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo to dryness
  4. dissolutionthe residue was dissolved in water (200 ml)
  5. customThe precipitates were collected on the
  6. filtrationfilter
  7. washwashed with water (3×50 ml)
  8. dry with materialdried over phosphorus pentoxide in dessicator

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-282c33d52117408a8de55c718bda050a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2005_06
Patent number
US06906103B2

Reaction notes

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