t-Butyl bromide → 3-(tert-Butyl)-6-nitro-1h-indole

HRID 401264Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 401264 reaction equation
[N+:1]([C:4]1[CH:12]=[C:11]2[C:7]([CH:8]=[CH:9][NH:10]2)=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].CCN(C(C)C)C(C)C.[C:22](Br)([CH3:25])([CH3:24])[CH3:23]>CCCC[N+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC.[I-].C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.[O-]S(C(F)(F)F)(=O)=O.[Zn+2].[O-]S(C(F)(F)F)(=O)=O>[C:22]([C:8]1[C:7]2[C:11](=[CH:12][C:4]([N+:1]([O-:3])=[O:2])=[CH:5][CH:6]=2)[NH:10][CH:9]=1)([CH3:25])([CH3:24])[CH3:23]

Participants

7

Conditions

Temperature
120 °C

Procedure

To a mixture of 6-nitroindole (1 g, 6.2 mmol), zinc triflate (2.06 g, 5.7 mmol) and TBAI (1.7 g, 5.16 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (11 mL) was added DIEA (1.47 g, 11.4 mmol) at room temperature under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was stirred for 10 min at 120° C., followed by addition of t-butyl bromide (0.707 g, 5.16 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred for 45 min at 120° C. The solid was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated to dryness and purified by column chromatography on silica gel (Pet.Ether./EtOAc 20:1) to give 3-tert-butyl-6-nitro-1H-indole as a yellow solid (0.25 g, 19%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.32 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 8.00 (dd, J=2.1, 14.4 Hz, 1H), 7.85 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.25 (s, 1H), 1.46 (s, 9H).

Workup

  1. stirringThe resulting mixture was stirred for 45 min at 120° C
  2. filtrationThe solid was filtered off
  3. concentrationthe filtrate was concentrated to dryness
  4. custompurified by column chromatography on silica gel (Pet.Ether./EtOAc 20:1)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5ecbfa080cd3465d93f5d1f9d618fcd0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_06
Patent number
US08741925B2

Reaction notes

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