Methanol → methyl 1H-indole-4-carboxylate

HRID 1726716Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1726716 reaction equation
[NH:1]1[C:9]2[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[C:5]([C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])[C:4]=2[CH:3]=[CH:2]1.Cl.[CH3:14]N(C)CCCN=C=NCC.CO>ClCCl>[NH:1]1[C:9]2[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[C:5]([C:10]([O:12][CH3:14])=[O:11])[C:4]=2[CH:3]=[CH:2]1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 887MethanolHCID 595229Indole-4-carboxylic acidHCID 27239391,3-Propanediamine, N'-(ethylcarbonimidoyl)-N,N-dimethyl-, monohydrochloride

Product 1

HCID 2733668methyl 1H-indole-4-carboxylateYield 79%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent

Procedure

N,N-Dimethylaminopyridine (7.6 mg, 0.06 mmol) was added to a mixture of 1H-indole-4-carboxylic acid (100 mg, 0.62 mmol), 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (131 mg, 0.68 mmol), and methanol (1 mL, 24.7 mmol) in dichloromethane (2 mL). The mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature overnight, then the solvent was evaporated and ethyl acetate (20 mL) was added. The solution was washed with 1 M HCl (2×15 mL), saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate (15 mL) and brine (10 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated to give 1H-indole-4-carboxylic acid, methyl ester (85.4 mg, 79%) as a pale yellow solid.

Workup

  1. customthe solvent was evaporated
  2. additionethyl acetate (20 mL) was added
  3. washThe solution was washed with 1 M HCl (2×15 mL), saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate (15 mL) and brine (10 mL)
  4. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. customevaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5e4e54d7332d417495aa7356e5cc629f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_02
Patent number
US07491741B2

Reaction notes

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