1-Bromo-3-chloropropane → methyl 3-(1-(3-chloropropyl)-1H-indol-3-yl)propanoate

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Reaction equation

[H-].[Na+].[NH:3]1[C:11]2[C:6](=[CH:7][CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=2)[C:5]([CH2:12][CH2:13][C:14]([O:16][CH3:17])=[O:15])=[CH:4]1.Br[CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][Cl:22]>CN(C)C=O>[Cl:22][CH2:21][CH2:20][CH2:19][N:3]1[C:11]2[C:6](=[CH:7][CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=2)[C:5]([CH2:12][CH2:13][C:14]([O:16][CH3:17])=[O:15])=[CH:4]1

Participants

Conditions

Temperature: 55 °C

Procedure

Sodium hydride (60% dispersion) (236 mg, 5.91 mmol, 1.2 equiv) was slowly added to a cold mixture of methyl 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoate (2 g, 4.92 mmol, 1 equiv) in N,N-dimethylformamide. After all the sodium hydride has reacted, 1-bromo-3-chloropropane (1.94 ml, 19.68 mmol, 4 equiv) was added and the reaction stirred at 55° C. for 16 h. Upon cooling the reaction was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The organic layer was further washed with 1N hydrogen chloride, brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude residue was purified using the Biotage flash chromatography system (SNAP 50 g cartridge, Rf=0.5, gradient—1%-10% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to afford the title compound as a yellow oil (1.154 g, 83%); 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 2.12-2.27 (m, 2H); 2.65-2.70 (m, 2H); 2.93-2.98 (m, 2H); 3.38-3.54 (m, 2H); 3.58 (s, 3H); 4.08-4.12 (m, 2H); 4.21-4.25 (m, 2H); 7.02 (t, 1H, J=7.6 Hz); 7.12-7.15 (m, 2H); 7.43 (dd, 1H, J=3.2 and 2.8 Hz); 7.52-7.55 (m, 1H); MS for C15H18ClNO2 m/z 280 (M+H)+.

Workup

temperatureUpon cooling the reaction
customwas partitioned between water and ethyl acetate
washThe organic layer was further washed with 1N hydrogen chloride, brine
dry with materialdried over MgSO4
filtrationfiltered
concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
customThe crude residue was purified

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-5cbdc584e8ee4880b76bc76abed543b3
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2014_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08691836B2

Reaction notes

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