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HRID 2198309Generated: October 30, 2026

Formaldehyde → Isopentyl 2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2,6-dimethylpyrido[3,4-b]indol-9-yl)acetate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantTrifluoroacetic acidHCID 6422—
ReactantEthyl bromoacetateHCID 7748—
Reactant4-Methylphenylhydrazine monohydrochlorideHCID 12504—
Reactant1-Ethyl-3-(3'-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimideHCID 15908—
Reactant4,4-Diethoxy-N-methylbutan-1-amineHCID 13994547—
Reactant2-(1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-2,6-dimethylpyrido[3,4-b]indol-9-yl)acetic acidHCID 44242645—
ReactantEthyl 2-(1-p-tolylhydrazinyl)acetateHCID 57930412—
Reactantethyl 2-(5-methyl-3-(2-(methylamino)ethyl)-1H-indol-1-yl)acetateHCID 57930443—
SolventAcetonitrileHCID 6342—
SolventTriethylamineHCID 8471—
SolventSodium HydroxideHCID 14798—
SolventIsoamyl AlcoholHCID 31260—
SolventEthyl 2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2,6-dimethylpyrido[3,4-b]indol-9-yl)acetateHCID 57930374—
ProductIsopentyl 2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2,6-dimethylpyrido[3,4-b]indol-9-yl)acetateHCID 57930375—

Reaction Steps

The title compound is prepared by following General Methods 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 by using p-tolylhydrazine hydrochloride, ethyl bromoacetate, and triethylamine (General Method 1), ethyl 2-(1-(4-methylphenyl)hydrazinyl)acetate and 4,4-diethoxy-N-methylbutan-1-amine (General Method 3), ethyl 2-(5-methyl-3-(2-(methylamino)ethyl)-1H-indol-1-yl)acetate, formaldehyde and TFA in acetonitrile (General Method 4), ethyl 2-(6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methylpyrido[3,4-b]indol-9-yl)acetate and NaOH (General Method 5), and 2-(6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methylpyrido[3,4-b]indol-9-yl)acetic acid, 3-methylbutan-1-ol and EDCI (General Method 6).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08338447B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2012_12
ORD IDord-26c3f7c7fc9d4d19adce46f4bd11344c
Source noteuspto-grants-2012_12