o-Xylyl bromide → 9-[(2-methylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one

HRID 567308Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 567308 reaction equation
[C:1]([C:5]1[CH:17]=[CH:16][CH:15]=[C:14]2[C:6]=1[C:7]1[C:8](=[O:18])[CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][C:12]=1[NH:13]2)([O:3][CH3:4])=[O:2].[CH3:19][C:20]1[C:25]([CH2:26]Br)=[CH:24][CH:23]=[CH:22][CH:21]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C=O)C.C(OCC)(=O)C>[CH3:19][C:20]1[CH:21]=[CH:22][CH:23]=[CH:24][C:25]=1[CH2:26][N:13]1[C:12]2[CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][C:8](=[O:18])[C:7]=2[C:6]2[C:14]1=[CH:15][CH:16]=[CH:17][C:5]=2[C:1]([O:3][CH3:4])=[O:2]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 6992o-Xylyl bromideHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 11368514methyl 4-oxo-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-5-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 227390389-[(2-methylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-oneYield 98%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolventHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

A suspension of 5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydro-9H-carbazol-4(3H)-one (870 mg, 3.58 mM), a-bromo-o-xylene (662 mg, 3.58 mM), and potassium carbonate (500 mg, 3.61 mM) in 20 mL DMF was stirred at room temperature for 20 hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with H2O and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, concentrated to afford 1.21 g (98%) of the 9-[(2-methylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one as a dark oil. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.5-7.2 (m, 4H), 7.15 (t, 1H, J=8 Hz), 7.0 (t, 1H, J=8 Hz), 6.15 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 5.55 (s, 2H), 3.85 (s, 3H), 2.6 (m, 2H), 2.4 (m, 2H), 2.4 (s, 3H), and 2.1 (m, 2H). IR (CHCl3, cm−1) 3010, 2952, 1724, 1671, 1653, 1604, 1460, 1444, 1290, 1174, and 1122. MS (ES) m/e 348.5.

Workup

  1. washwashed with H2O and saturated brine
  2. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2e71e78ad1e74c9f83da9a16f232154f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_01
Patent number
US06177440B1

Reaction notes

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