Potassium Carbonate → 9-[(3-methylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one

HRID 567312Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 567312 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].Br[CH2:20][C:21]1[CH:26]=[CH:25][CH:24]=[C:23]([CH3:27])[CH:22]=1.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>CN(C=O)C.C(OCC)(=O)C>[CH3:20][C:21]1[CH:22]=[C:23]([CH2:27][N:13]2[C:12]3[CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][C:8](=[O:18])[C:7]=3[C:6]3[C:14]2=[CH:15][CH:16]=[CH:17][C:5]=3[C:1]([O:3][CH3:4])=[O:2])[CH:24]=[CH:25][CH:26]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 12099m-Xylyl bromideHCID 11368514methyl 4-oxo-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-5-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 227392649-[(3-methylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-oneYield 95%

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-m-xylene (662 mg, 3.58 mM), and potassium carbonate (500 mg, 3.61 mM) in 20 mL DMF was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with H2O and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, concentrated to afford 1.18 g (95%) of the 9-[(3-methylphenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one as a dark oil. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.65 (dd, 1H, J=1 and 8 Hz), 7.3-7.1 (m, 3H), 7.05 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 7.0 (s, 1H), 6.85 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 5.5 (s, 2H), 3.8 (s, 3H), 3.0 (m, 2H), 2.45 (m, 2H), 2.3 (s, 3H), and 2.1 (m, 2H). IR (CHCl3, cm−1) 3010, 2953, 1724, 1652, 1605, 1465, 1442, 1288, 1174, and 1119. 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-9baa26a2bb1444e6a53ffaca77b2de35
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_01
Patent number
US06177440B1

Reaction notes

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