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HRID 1717439Generated: October 29, 2026

Acetanilide → HCID 15151164, compound

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetanilideHCID 904—
ReactantEthyl AcetateHCID 8857—
ReactantPhenylacetyleneHCID 10821—
CatalystCopper(1+) iodide; Copper(I) iodide; Cuprous iodide; Cuprous iodide (CuI)HCID 24350—
CatalystHCID 178418476HCID 178418476—
SolventHexaneHCID 8058—
Solvent1,4-DioxaneHCID 31275—
Solvent1,1,3,3-TetramethylguanidineHCID 66460—
ProductHCID 15151164HCID 1515116482%

Reaction Steps

Following the procedure of A. Bedeschi et al. (Tet. Lett. 1997, 38, 2307), the acetanilide derivative from above (0.900 g, 2.7 mmol) was reacted with phenylacetylene (0.385 mL, 3.5 mmol, 1.3 equivalent) in the presence of PdCl2(PPh3)2 (10 mole %) and CuI (10 mole %) in a mixture of dioxane (5 mL) and tetramethylguanidine (5 mL). The desired 2-phenylindole (0.589 g, 82% yield) was isolated as a yellow solid after flash chromatography with 15% EtOAc in hexane.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07803944B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2010_09
ORD IDord-a3c9fefe4d83466a9ffa4bbab0c92521
Source noteuspto-grants-2010_09