Citric Acid → methyl 4-[(2-phenyl-1H-indol-1-yl)methyl]benzoate

HRID 1163303Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1163303 reaction equation
[C:1]1([C:7]2[NH:8][C:9]3[C:14]([CH:15]=2)=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=3)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[H-].[Na+].Br[CH2:19][C:20]1[CH:29]=[CH:28][C:23]([C:24]([O:26][CH3:27])=[O:25])=[CH:22][CH:21]=1.C(O)(=O)CC(CC(O)=O)(C(O)=O)O>CN(C)C=O.O1CCCC1>[C:1]1([C:7]2[N:8]([CH2:19][C:20]3[CH:29]=[CH:28][C:23]([C:24]([O:26][CH3:27])=[O:25])=[CH:22][CH:21]=3)[C:9]3[C:14]([CH:15]=2)=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=3)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 311Citric AcidHCID 136982-PhenylindoleHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 256687Methyl 4-(bromomethyl)benzoate

Product 1

HCID 23111749methyl 4-[(2-phenyl-1H-indol-1-yl)methyl]benzoateYield 38%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

A solution of 2-phenylindole (4.2 g, 21.7 mmol) and sodium hydride (60% in oil, 0.96 g, 24 mmol) in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran (90 mL) and N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL) was stirred under ice-cooling for 20 min. Methyl 4-(bromomethyl)benzoate (5.0 g, 21.8 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hr. Aqueous citric acid solution was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was subjected to silica gel chromatography (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:10-1:5-1:2) to give the title compound (2.8 g, yield 38%) as a pale-yellow oil.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooling for 20 min
  2. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
  3. washThe extract was washed with aqueous sodium chloride solution
  4. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  5. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ab9f9c1db7fe4bc283fefa87f83a8bd2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_10
Patent number
US07820837B2

Reaction notes

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