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

HRID 2038010Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2038010 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. 1 H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.32(d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 8.00(dd, J=2.1, 14.4 Hz, 1H), 7.85(d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.25(s, 1H), 1.46(s, 9H).

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-d6b037bf206a49ecb1849f4ab9fedd29
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_11
Patent number
US08575209B2

Reaction notes

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