Acetic Acid → 2-(5-Bromo-7-fluoro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid

A slurry of the DCHA salt from Step 1 above in dichloromethane (0.241 M solution) was cooled to −20 to −15° C. Pyridine (2 eq.) was added in one shot and to the slurry was added dropwise bromine (2.5 eq.) over 30 to 45 minutes maintaining the temperature between −20° C. and −15° C. (At about ⅓ addition of bromine, the reaction mixture was thick and an efficient stirring was needed. Eventually, at about ½ addition of bromine, the mixture became “loose” again.) After completion of the addition, the reaction mixture was aged for one additional hour at −15° C. Acetic acid (3.04 eq.) was then added over 5 minutes and zinc dust (3.04 eq.) was added portion wise. (A portion of zinc was added at −15° C. and the mixture was aged for about 5 minutes to ensure that the exotherm was going (about −15° C. to −10° C.)). This operation was repeated with about 5 shots of zinc over about 30 min. When no more exotherm was observed, the remaining zinc was added faster. The whole operation takes around 30 to 45 minutes.

1. temperaturemaintaining the temperature between −20° C. and −15° C. (
2. addition) After completion of the addition
3. customwas aged for one additional hour at −15° C
4. custom(about −15° C. to −10° C.)
5. waitThe whole operation takes around 30 to 45 minutes

ORD record

ord-987488d0c06b4d74a481c3280c21259d

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2009_11

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07618994B2