Dimethylformamide → 6-chloro-5-fluoro-1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde

HRID 555336Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 555336 reaction equation
O=P(Cl)(Cl)Cl.[Cl:6][C:7]1[CH:15]=[C:14]2[C:10]([CH:11]=[CH:12][NH:13]2)=[CH:9][C:8]=1[F:16].CN(C)[CH:19]=[O:20]>>[Cl:6][C:7]1[CH:15]=[C:14]2[C:10]([C:11]([CH:19]=[O:20])=[CH:12][NH:13]2)=[CH:9][C:8]=1[F:16]

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
35 °C

Procedure

POCl3 (2.43 mL, 26.53 mmol) was added dropwise to N,N-dimethylformamide (15.0 mL) at −20° C. and stirred below −5° C. for one hour. A solution of 6-chloro-5-fluoroindole (3.0 g, 17.69 mmol) in dimethylformamide (5.0 mL) was added dropwise to the above reaction mixture at −20° C. The salt-ice bath was removed and the reaction mixture was warmed to 35° C., After one hour, the reaction was poured onto ice and basified by solid sodium bicarbonate and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer was washed with water and then concentrated to give 6-chloro-5-fluoro-1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde (3.4 g, 97%) as a light brown solid. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 10.02 (s, 1 H), 8.10 (d, 1H, J=9.5 Hz), 7.87 (s, 1 H), 7.49 (d, 1H, J=5.5 Hz).

Workup

  1. customThe salt-ice bath was removed
  2. additionthe reaction was poured onto ice
  3. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  4. washThe combined organic layer was washed with water
  5. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8389b12003694299beff62bd387146b2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_11
Patent number
US08053442B2

Reaction notes

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