Benzyl Bromide → 1-Benzyl-5-Bromo-1H-Indole

HRID 1656277Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1656277 reaction equation
[OH-].[Na+].[Br:3][C:4]1[CH:5]=[C:6]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=1)[NH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7]2.[CH2:13](Br)[C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=1>CS(C)=O.O>[CH2:13]([N:9]1[C:10]2[C:6](=[CH:5][C:4]([Br:3])=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)[CH:7]=[CH:8]1)[C:14]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 7498Benzyl BromideHCID 14798Sodium Hydroxide2×HCID 249055-Bromoindole

Product 1

HCID 2857561-Benzyl-5-Bromo-1H-IndoleYield 60.8%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 679Dimethyl SulfoxideSolventHCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

To a stirred mixture of NaOH (204 mg., 5.1 mmol., 1 eq.) in DMSO (10 mL.) was added 5-bromoindole (1.0 g., 5.1 mmol., 1 eq.). The solution was stirred for 20 hours upon complete dissolution of the NaOH (approximately 1 h.). To this solution was added benzyl bromide (0.606 mL., 5.1 mmol., 1 eq.) via syringe. After 7 h. the mixture was diluted with water and extracted 4× with diethyl ether. The organic extracts were combined, dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The product was purified by crystallization (ether/hexanes) affording 888 mg of 1-benzyl-5-bromoindole.

Workup

  1. extractionextracted 4× with diethyl ether
  2. dry with materialdried over anhydrous MgSO4
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  5. customThe product was purified by crystallization (ether/hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-96b54f4361b54791a5fa888862afced9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_10
Patent number
US05252732

Reaction notes

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