P-Anisidine → N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-indole-3-carboxamide

HRID 375406Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 375406 reaction equation
[O:1]=[C:2]1[CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][C:7]2[NH:6][CH:5]=[C:4]([C:11]([OH:13])=O)[C:3]1=2.[CH3:14][O:15][C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([NH2:22])=[CH:18][CH:17]=1.Cl.CN(C)CCCN=C=NCC>O1CCOCC1>[CH3:14][O:15][C:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([NH:22][C:11]([C:4]2[C:3]3[C:2](=[O:1])[CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][C:7]=3[NH:6][CH:5]=2)=[O:13])=[CH:18][CH:17]=1

Participants

5

Procedure

A mixture of 4-Oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-indole-3-carboxylic acid (179 mg, 1 mmol), p-anisidine (616 mg, 5 mmol), and 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride [EDCI] (959 mg, 5 mmol) in 50% aqueous 1,4-dioxane (10 mL) was stirred at ambient temperature for 17 h. After concentrating in vacuo, the residue was taken up in 10% methanol in ethyl acetate, washed with 1.3M hydrochloric acid then with aqueous sodium bicarbonate, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate afforded N-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-indole-3-carboxamide (Compound 1); mp 219°-220° C.

Workup

  1. concentrationAfter concentrating in vacuo
  2. washwashed with 1.3M hydrochloric acid
  3. dry with materialwith aqueous sodium bicarbonate, dried over magnesium sulfate
  4. filtrationfiltered
  5. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
  6. customRecrystallization from ethyl acetate

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b31940feb3b5443cb69b66bf885d3430
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_01
Patent number
US05484944

Reaction notes

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