Indole → Indol-1-yl-acetic acid ethyl ester

HRID 1581775Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1581775 reaction equation
[NH:1]1[C:9]2[C:4](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=2)[CH:3]=[CH:2]1.[H-].[Na+].Br[CH2:13][C:14]([O:16][CH2:17][CH3:18])=[O:15]>C(#N)C>[N:1]1([CH2:13][C:14]([O:16][CH2:17][CH3:18])=[O:15])[C:9]2[C:4](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=2)[CH:3]=[CH:2]1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 798IndoleHCID 7748Ethyl bromoacetateHCID 24758Sodium hydride

Product 1

HCID 967684Indol-1-yl-acetic acid ethyl ester

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Procedure

Under an atmosphere of nitrogen, a solution of indole (15.0 g, 128 mmol) in dry acetonitrile (300 mL, 0.4 M) was treated with sodium hydride (95%, 3.69 g, 153 mmol) and stirred for 30 min. Ethyl bromoacetate (17.0 mL, 153 mmol) was added in a dropwise manner over 10 min and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 16 h. After concentrating under reduced pressure, the resulting residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with sat'd. aq. NaCl. The organic extracts were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The crude product was purified by flash column chromatography (50% ethyl acetate in heptane): Rf0.25 (40% ethyl acetate in heptane) 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz) δ7.53 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.38-7.31 (m, 2H), 7.11 (br t, J=7.2 Hz, 1H), 7.02 (br t, J=7.2 Hz, 1H), 6.45-6.43 (m, 1H), 5.10 (s, 2H), 4.12 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.19 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H).

Workup

  1. stirringthe solution was stirred at room temperature for 16 h
  2. concentrationAfter concentrating under reduced pressure
  3. dissolutionthe resulting residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate
  4. washwashed with sat'd
  5. dry with materialThe organic extracts were dried over MgSO4
  6. filtrationfiltered
  7. concentrationconcentrated
  8. customThe crude product was purified by flash column chromatography (50% ethyl acetate in heptane)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-006c4ee0e6a44ea5b7bd5a9836231b13
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_05
Patent number
US06730794B2

Reaction notes

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