2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone → 2-(Tert-butyl)-6-nitro-1H-indole

HRID 1964345Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1964345 reaction equation
[C:1]([CH:5]1[CH2:13][C:12]2[C:7](=[CH:8][C:9]([N+:14]([O-:16])=[O:15])=[CH:10][CH:11]=2)[NH:6]1)([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2].C(C1C(=O)C(Cl)=C(Cl)C(=O)C=1C#N)#N>O1CCOCC1>[C:1]([C:5]1[NH:6][C:7]2[C:12]([CH:13]=1)=[CH:11][CH:10]=[C:9]([N+:14]([O-:16])=[O:15])[CH:8]=2)([CH3:4])([CH3:2])[CH3:3]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 67752,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinoneHCID 574701952-(tert-Butyl)-6-nitroindoline

Product 1

HCID 574701962-(Tert-butyl)-6-nitro-1H-indoleYield 80.6%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 312751,4-DioxaneSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 2-tert-butyl-6-nitroindoline (2.0 g, 9.1 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (20 mL) was added DDQ (6.9 g, 30 mmol) at room temperature. The mixture was heated at reflux for 2.5 h before being filtered and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by column chromatography to give 2-tert-butyl-6-nitro-1H-indole (1.6 g, 80%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.30 (br. s, 1 H), 8.29 (s, 1 H), 8.00 (dd, J=2.1, 8.7 Hz, 1 H), 7.53 (d, J=9.3 Hz, 1 H), 6.38 (s, 1 H), 1.43 (s, 9 H).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was heated
  2. temperatureat reflux for 2.5 h
  3. filtrationbefore being filtered
  4. concentrationconcentrated under vacuum
  5. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ea9a769abb46492d9553eea2a38334d8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_04
Patent number
US08415387B2

Reaction notes

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