Thionyl Chloride → Acridine-9-carbonyl chloride hydrochloride

HRID 1755711Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1755711 reaction equation
[CH:1]1[C:14]2[C:5](=[N:6][C:7]3[C:12]([C:13]=2[C:15]([OH:17])=O)=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=3)[CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.S(Cl)([Cl:20])=O>>[ClH:20].[Cl:20][C:15]([C:13]1[C:14]2[C:5]([N:6]=[C:7]3[C:12]=1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8]3)=[CH:4][CH:3]=[CH:2][CH:1]=2)=[O:17]

Participants

3

Procedure

Acridine-9-carboxylic acid (0.42 g, 1.87 mmol) was suspended in thionyl chloride (10 ml) and the suspension was refluxed under heating for 2 h. Excess thionyl chloride was distilled off the reaction mixture under reduced pressure to give 9-chlorocarbonylacridine hydrochloride (0.5 g, 96%). Then, the resulting 9-chlorocarbonylacridine hydrochloride (0.5 g) and 2-methylphenol (0.2 g, 1.9 mmol) were suspended in dichloromethane (15 ml) and triethylamine (1.0 ml) and a catalytic amount of dimethylaminopyridine were added to the suspension with stirring. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 h and thereafter washed with 1 N HCl, water, a 5% aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride in the order written. The organic layer was separated and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, followed by evaporation of the solvent under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography using a dichloromethane-hexane mixture as eluant, giving the desired compound, 2'-methylphenyl acridine-9-carboxylate, in an amount of 0.33 g.

Workup

  1. temperaturethe suspension was refluxed
  2. temperatureunder heating for 2 h
  3. distillationExcess thionyl chloride was distilled off the reaction mixture under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7e77992a60224db289db825dc97a9212
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1995_08
Patent number
US05438139

Reaction notes

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