Water → N-Benzyl-5-methoxyisatin

HRID 447497Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 447497 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]2[C:9](=[CH:10][CH:11]=1)[NH:8][C:7](=[O:12])[C:6]2=[O:13].[H-].[Na+].[CH:16]1[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([CH2:22]Br)=[CH:18][CH:17]=1.O>CN(C=O)C>[CH2:22]([N:8]1[C:9]2[C:5](=[CH:4][C:3]([O:2][CH3:1])=[CH:11][CH:10]=2)[C:6](=[O:13])[C:7]1=[O:12])[C:19]1[CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:16]=[CH:17][CH:18]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 962WaterHCID 7498Benzyl BromideHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 383335-Methoxyisatin

Product 1

HCID 11357627N-Benzyl-5-methoxyisatinYield 81.5%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

A stirred solution of 5-methoxyisatin (5.0 g, 28 mmol) in dry DMF (40 mL) was cooled in an ice bath before addition of sodium hydride (60 wt % in mineral oil, 1.7 g, 42 mmol) slowly, the dark red solution turning quickly black. After stirring for 20 min, BnBr (3.7 mL, 31 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture by syringe and the resulting mixture was stirred for 1 h. Water (150 mL) was added with stirring, and the resulting dark red precipitate collected by filtration and washed with water to give 1-benzyl-5-methoxyindoline-2,3-dione as a dark red solid (6.1 g, 81%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.39-7.31 (m, 5H), 7.17 (s, 1H), 7.03 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 6.68 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 4.92 (s, 2H), 3.79 (s, 3H). MS ESI 268.1 [M+H]+, calcd for [C16H13NO3+H]+ 268.09. A solution of 1-benzyl-5-methoxyindoline-2,3-dione (6.1 g, 23 mmol) and hydrazine hydrate (50-60% grade, 2.9 mL, ca. 2 eq) in DMSO (15 mL) is heated to 140° C. in an oil bath. After 3 h, the mixture was cooled, diluted with water and EtOAc, the layers separated and the aqueous extracted with EtOAc three times (30 mL). The combined organic portions were washed with 2M H2SO4, brine, and dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to afford the crude product as a viscous brown oil. The crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography (20-50% EtOAc in hexane) to yield the title compound as a brown oil (5.0 g, 85%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.34-7.23 (m, 5H), 6.89 (s, 1H), 6.69 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 6.61 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 4.91 (s, 2H), 3.76 (s, 3H), 3.62 (s, 2H). MS ESI 254.0 [M+H]+, calcd for [C16H15NO2+H]+ 254.1.

Workup

  1. stirringthe resulting mixture was stirred for 1 h
  2. stirringwith stirring
  3. filtrationthe resulting dark red precipitate collected by filtration
  4. washwashed with water

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-65ae7b4e1f8142459f6ecd28d4ba2111
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_07
Patent number
US08481525B2

Reaction notes

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