Citric Acid → methyl 4-[(2-phenyl-1H-indol-1-yl)methyl]benzoate
Reaction equation
[C:1]1([C:7]2[NH:8][C:9]3[C:14]([CH:15]=2)=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=3)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[H-].[Na+].Br[CH2:19][C:20]1[CH:29]=[CH:28][C:23]([C:24]([O:26][CH3:27])=[O:25])=[CH:22][CH:21]=1.C(O)(=O)CC(CC(O)=O)(C(O)=O)O>O1CCCC1.CN(C)C=O>[C:1]1([C:7]2[N:8]([CH2:19][C:20]3[CH:29]=[CH:28][C:23]([C:24]([O:26][CH3:27])=[O:25])=[CH:22][CH:21]=3)[C:9]3[C:14]([CH:15]=2)=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=3)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1Participants
Procedure
A solution of 2-phenylindole (4.2 g, 21.7 mmol) and sodium hydride (60% in oil, 0.96 g, 24 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (90 mL) and N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL) was stirred under ice-cooling for 20 min. To the reaction mixture was added methyl 4-bromomethylbenzoate (5.0 g, 21.8 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hr. An aqueous citric acid solution was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:10-1:5-1:2) to give the title compound (2.8 g, yield 38%) as a pale-yellow oil.
Workup
- temperaturecooling for 20 min
- extractionthe mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate
- washThe extract was washed with aqueous sodium chloride solution
- dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
- concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-866540a304c84a6d885c7e40648abb51
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-2010_08
- Patent number
- US07786165B2
Reaction notes
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