Acetic Acid → 4-(6-chloro-7-fluoro-1H-indol-2-yl)-benzoic acid methyl ester

HRID 1160785Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1160785 reaction equation
Cl.[Cl:2][C:3]1[C:4]([F:11])=[C:5]([NH:9]N)[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1.[CH3:12][O:13][C:14](=[O:24])[C:15]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:18]([C:21](=O)[CH3:22])=[CH:17][CH:16]=1.C(O)(=O)C>C(OCC)(=O)C.[Cl-].[Cl-].[Zn+2]>[CH3:12][O:13][C:14](=[O:24])[C:15]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:18]([C:21]2[NH:9][C:5]3[C:6]([CH:22]=2)=[CH:7][CH:8]=[C:3]([Cl:2])[C:4]=3[F:11])=[CH:17][CH:16]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 176Acetic AcidHCID 137990Methyl 4-acetylbenzoateHCID 25067375(3-Chloro-2-fluorophenyl)hydrazine hydrochloride

Product 1

HCID 595180194-(6-chloro-7-fluoro-1H-indol-2-yl)-benzoic acid methyl ester

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 3007855ZincchlorideCatalystHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
105 °C

Procedure

(3-Chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-hydrazine hydrochloride (Apollo Scientific, Ltd., 221 mg, 1.12 mmol) and 4-acetyl-benzoic acid methyl ester (200 mg, 1.12 mmol) are treated with anhydrous ZnCl2 (382 mg, 2.81 mmol) and acetic acid (10 mL). The reaction is heated to 105° C. for 48 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction is diluted with ethyl acetate and sequentially washed with H2O (5×) followed by saturated aqueous NaCl. The organics are then dried over Na2SO4 and filtered. After concentration, the crude product is purified by preparative RP LC-MS to give 4-(6-chloro-7-fluoro-1H-indol-2-yl)-benzoic acid methyl ester as an off-white solid: ESMS m/z 304.0 (M+H+).

Workup

  1. temperatureAfter cooling to room temperature
  2. washsequentially washed with H2O (5×)
  3. dry with materialThe organics are then dried over Na2SO4
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationAfter concentration
  6. customthe crude product is purified by preparative RP LC-MS

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-91740c841acd41529f06979233e08bab
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_10
Patent number
US07816542B2

Reaction notes

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