Benzyl Bromide → ethyl 1-benzyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate

HRID 2055739Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2055739 reaction equation
[N+:1]([C:4]1[CH:5]=[C:6]2[C:10](=[CH:11][CH:12]=1)[NH:9][C:8]([C:13]([O:15][CH2:16][CH3:17])=[O:14])=[C:7]2[C:18]1[CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=[CH:20][CH:19]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].[CH2:24](Br)[C:25]1[CH:30]=[CH:29][CH:28]=[CH:27][CH:26]=1.C([O-])([O-])=O.[Cs+].[Cs+]>C1COCC1>[CH2:24]([N:9]1[C:10]2[C:6](=[CH:5][C:4]([N+:1]([O-:3])=[O:2])=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)[C:7]([C:18]2[CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=[CH:20][CH:19]=2)=[C:8]1[C:13]([O:15][CH2:16][CH3:17])=[O:14])[C:25]1[CH:30]=[CH:29][CH:28]=[CH:27][CH:26]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 7498Benzyl BromideHCID 10796Cesium carbonateHCID 741309ethyl 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 69231884ethyl 1-benzyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylateYield 93%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

A solution of ethyl 5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (Parish Chemical Company, 1.0 g, 3.23 mmol) and benzyl bromide (0.60 g, 3.5 mmol) in THF (50 mL) was treated with Cs2CO3 (3.26 g, 10 mmol) and heated to a gentle reflux for 16 h. After cooling to room temperature the reaction was quenched by addition of water and then partitioned between water and EtOAc. The organic phase was dried over MgSO4, and concentrated to yield ethyl 1-benzyl-5-nitro-3-phenyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate as a yellowish solid (1.20 g, 93%): 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 0.93 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3 H), 4.11 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2 H), 5.91 (s, 2 H), 7.12 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 2 H), 7.30-7.32 (m, 3 H), 7.50-7.55 (m, 5 H), 7.92 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1 H), 8.22 (dd, J=9.2, 2.0 Hz, 1 H), 8.34 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1 H); MS (EI) m/z 400.1 (MH+); Anal. calcd for C24H20N2O4: C, 71.99; H, 5.03; N, 7.00. Found: C, 71.77; H, 5.14; N, 6.71.

Workup

  1. temperatureheated to
  2. temperaturea gentle reflux for 16 h
  3. customwas quenched by addition of water
  4. custompartitioned between water and EtOAc
  5. dry with materialThe organic phase was dried over MgSO4
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5f861ba953b048e7a45f5f57185bc63c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_02
Patent number
US07332521B2

Reaction notes

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