Methanol → methyl 1H-indole-4-carboxylate

HRID 2270780Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2270780 reaction equation
[NH:1]1[C:9]2[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[C:5]([C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])[C:4]=2[CH:3]=[CH:2]1.Cl.[CH3:14]N(C)CCCN=C=NCC.CO>ClCCl>[NH:1]1[C:9]2[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[C:5]([C:10]([O:12][CH3:14])=[O:11])[C:4]=2[CH:3]=[CH:2]1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 887MethanolHCID 595229Indole-4-carboxylic acidHCID 27239391,3-Propanediamine, N'-(ethylcarbonimidoyl)-N,N-dimethyl-, monohydrochloride

Product 1

HCID 2733668methyl 1H-indole-4-carboxylateYield 79%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent

Procedure

N,N-Dimethylaminopyridine (7.6 mg, 0.06 mmol) was added to a mixture of 1H-indole-4-carboxylic acid (100 mg, 0.62 mmol), 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (131 mg, 0.68 mmol), and methanol (1 mL, 24.7 mmol) in dichloromethane (2 mL). The mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature overnight, then the solvent was evaporated and ethyl acetate (20 mL) was added. The solution was washed with 1 M HCl (2×15 mL), saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate (15 mL) and brine (10 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated to give 1H-indole-4-carboxylic acid, methyl ester (85.4 mg, 79%) as a pale yellow solid.

Workup

  1. customthe solvent was evaporated
  2. additionethyl acetate (20 mL) was added
  3. washThe solution was washed with 1 M HCl (2×15 mL), saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate (15 mL) and brine (10 mL)
  4. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. customevaporated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-aa58272823be4262b30b8eb7968a081e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_12
Patent number
US06331640B1

Reaction notes

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