Acetic Acid → Methyl 3-acetyl-4-bromo-1-methyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate

HRID 1384817Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1384817 reaction equation
F[C:2](F)(F)[C:3](OC(=O)C(F)(F)F)=[O:4].C(O)(=O)C.P(=O)(O)(O)O.[Br:23][C:24]1[CH:32]=[CH:31][CH:30]=[C:29]2[C:25]=1[CH:26]=[C:27]([C:34]([O:36][CH3:37])=[O:35])[N:28]2[CH3:33]>C(#N)C>[C:3]([C:26]1[C:25]2[C:29](=[CH:30][CH:31]=[CH:32][C:24]=2[Br:23])[N:28]([CH3:33])[C:27]=1[C:34]([O:36][CH3:37])=[O:35])(=[O:4])[CH3:2]

Participants

6

Procedure

33 ml of trifluoroacetic anhydride are added to a solution of 13.2 ml of acetic acid, of 1.6 ml of phosphoric acid and of 170 ml of acetonitrile, stirring is carried out for 10 min at room temperature and a solution of 20.6 g (77 mmol) of methyl 4-bromo-1-methyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate in 120 ml of acetonitrile is added. The mixture is stirred for 4 h at room temperature and is poured onto water and extracted with ether. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulphate, the solvent is evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue is taken up in a mixture of cyclohexane and of dichloromethane. The precipitate is collected by filtration, washed with ether and dried under reduced pressure. 18.8 g (61 mmol) of product are obtained. The mother liquors are concentrated and the residue is purified by chromatography on a column of silica gel. 3.2 g (10 mmol) of additional product are isolated.

Workup

  1. stirringThe mixture is stirred for 4 h at room temperature
  2. additionis poured onto water
  3. extractionextracted with ether
  4. dry with materialThe organic phase is dried over sodium sulphate
  5. customthe solvent is evaporated under reduced pressure
  6. additionthe residue is taken up in a mixture of cyclohexane and of dichloromethane
  7. filtrationThe precipitate is collected by filtration
  8. washwashed with ether
  9. customdried under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b7e9a6d6e42a4235a11587d5101d1405
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_07
Patent number
US06262045B1

Reaction notes

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