Nitric Acid → 8-Nitro-1,2,3,6-tetrahydroazepino[4,5-b]indole-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

HRID 1094585Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1094585 reaction equation
[N+:1]([O-:4])(O)=[O:2].[CH2:5]1[C:18]2[C:17]3[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]=3[NH:11][C:10]=2[C:9]([C:19]([O:21][CH2:22][CH3:23])=[O:20])=[CH:8][NH:7][CH2:6]1.[OH-].[NH4+]>C(O)(=O)C>[CH2:22]([O:21][C:19]([C:9]1[C:10]2[NH:11][C:12]3[CH:13]=[C:14]([N+:1]([O-:4])=[O:2])[CH:15]=[CH:16][C:17]=3[C:18]=2[CH2:5][CH2:6][NH:7][CH:8]=1)=[O:20])[CH3:23]

Participants

5

Procedure

A solution of nitric acid (90%, 50 μL, 1 mmol) in acetic acid (3 mL) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of ethyl 1,2,3,6-tetrahydroazepino[4,5-b]indole-5-carboxylate (256 mg, 1 mmol) in acetic acid (5 mL) at 10° C. The mixture was allowed to warm to ambient temperature and stirred for another 1.5 hours, then poured into a mixture of ammonium hydroxide and ice and extracted with DCM. The combined extracts was washed with brine, dried with sodium sulfate, and evaporated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane-EtOAc (75:25) to give 8-nitro-1,2,3,6-tetrahydroazepino[4,5-b]indole-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (25 mg); 1H-NMR (CDCl3): δ 11.52 (1H, s), 8.78 (1H, d), 8.43 (1H, m), 7.92 (1H, d), 7.82 (1H, dd), 7.46 (1H, d), 4.24 (2H, q), 3.52 (2H, m), 3.07 (2H, m), 1.27 (3H, t); MS (ES): 301 (MH+).

Workup

  1. extractionextracted with DCM
  2. washThe combined extracts was washed with brine
  3. dry with materialdried with sodium sulfate
  4. customevaporated in vacuo
  5. customThe crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane-EtOAc (75:25)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-403fa69053244a4f86d092f1f0853555
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_03
Patent number
US08133992B2

Reaction notes

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