Methyl iodide → Methyl indole-6-carboxylate

HRID 1478859Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1478859 reaction equation
IC.[NH:3]1[C:11]2[C:6](=[CH:7][CH:8]=[C:9]([C:12]([OH:14])=[O:13])[CH:10]=2)[CH:5]=[CH:4]1.[C:15](=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C=O)C>[CH3:15][O:13][C:12]([C:9]1[CH:10]=[C:11]2[C:6]([CH:5]=[CH:4][NH:3]2)=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)=[O:14]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 6328Methyl iodideHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 5952301H-indole-6-carboxylic acid

Product 1

HCID 639844Methyl indole-6-carboxylate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

Iodomethane (0.75 mL, 12.0 mmol) was added to a suspension of indole-6-carboxylic acid (1.68 g, 10.5 mmol) and potassium carbonate (2.16 g, 15.7 mmol) in DMF (30 mL) under argon. The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 19 hr. The reaction was quenched with sat. NH4Cl and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (0-60% EtOAc:Hexane). ESI-MS m/z 176 (MH)+.

Workup

  1. customThe reaction was quenched with sat. NH4Cl
  2. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate (2×)
  3. washThe combined organic layers were washed with brine
  4. dry with materialdried over Na2SO4
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated
  7. customThe crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (0-60% EtOAc:Hexane)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f954e6db753644db9d839c3295368051
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2016_08
Patent number
US09403850B2

Reaction notes

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