Methyl iodide → 1-Methyl-5-nitro-1H-indazole

Participants

Reaction Steps

NaH (1.47 g, 36.8 mmol) was added to THF (40 mL) at 0° C. Separately, 5-nitroindazole (5.0 g, 30.6 mmol) was dissolved in THF (30 mL), and the mixed solution was slowly added to the prepared solution. Iodomethane (2.1 mL, 33.7 mmol) was added to the reaction solution at the same temperature, followed by stirring for 3 hours at room temperature. The reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure, and added with water and ethyl acetate. The reaction mixture was added with distilled water for quenching, diluted with ethyl acetate, and washed with distilled water. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The concentrated compound (1-methyl added (Rf=0.3), 2-methyl added (Rf=0.1)) was purified using silica gel chromatography (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:1 (v/v)) to obtain the title compound (Rf=0.3, 2.29 g, 42%).

Provenance & Evidence