Methylamine → (1,7-Dimethyl-1H-indol-2-ylmethyl)methylamine

To 1,7-dimethyl-1H-indole-2-carbaldehyde (1.57 g, 9.06 mmol) was added a solution of 2 M solution of methylamine in methanol (30 mL) and the resulting mixture stirred overnight at room temperature. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue taken up in ethanol (30 mL). The solution was cooled to 0° C. and then NaBH4 (0.34 g, 9.1 mmol) was added in one portion. The mixture was stirred overnight. Additional NaBH4 (0.18 g, 4.5 mmol) was added and the mixture was again stirred overnight. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue combined with 1 M NaOH (200 mL). The mixture was extracted with diethyl ether (3×150 mL). The combined organics were washed with brine (100 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound as a pale yellow oil (1.60 g, 94%): 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.37 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 6.93-6.87 (m, 2H), 6.34 (s, 1H), 4.02 (s, 3H), 3.84 (s, 2H), 2.77 (s, 3H), 2.50 (s, 3H).

1. concentrationThe mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure
2. temperatureThe solution was cooled to 0° C.
3. stirringThe mixture was stirred overnight
4. waitthe mixture was again stirred overnight
5. concentrationThe mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure
6. extractionThe mixture was extracted with diethyl ether (3×150 mL)
7. washThe combined organics were washed with brine (100 mL)
8. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
9. filtrationfiltered
10. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

ORD record

ord-2b3e4b0758b84fefab84597048c169f7

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2011_02

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07879872B2