t-Butyl bromide → 3-(tert-Butyl)-6-nitro-1h-indole

HRID 1991764Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1991764 reaction equation
[N+:1]([C:4]1[CH:12]=[C:11]2[C:7]([CH:8]=[CH:9][NH:10]2)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].CCN(C(C)C)C(C)C.[C:22](Br)([CH3:25])([CH3:24])[CH3:23]>CCCC[N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC.[I-].C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.[O-]S(C(F)(F)F)(=O)=O.[Zn+2].[O-]S(C(F)(F)F)(=O)=O>[C:22]([C:8]1[C:7]2[C:11](=[CH:12][C:4]([N+:1]([O-:3])=[O:2])=[CH:5][CH:6]=2)[NH:10][CH:9]=1)([CH3:25])([CH3:24])[CH3:23]

Participants

7

Conditions

Temperature
120 °C

Procedure

To a mixture of 6-nitroindole (1.0 g, 6.2 mmol), zinc triflate (2.1 g, 5.7 mmol), and TBAI (1.7 g, 5.2 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (11 mL) was added DIEA (1.5 g, 11 mmol) at room temperature under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was stirred for 10 min at 120° C., followed by the addition of t-butyl bromide (0.71 g, 5.2 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred for 45 min at 120° C. The solid was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated to dryness. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate=20:1) to give 3-tert-butyl-6-nitro-1H-indole (0.25 g, 19%) as a yellow solid.

Workup

  1. stirringThe resulting mixture was stirred for 45 min at 120° C
  2. filtrationThe solid was filtered off
  3. concentrationthe filtrate was concentrated to dryness
  4. customThe residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate=20:1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4788368a70304b21923a640f57cf1139
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_01
Patent number
US07645789B2

Reaction notes

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