alpha-Bromo-o-chlorotoluene → 9-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one

HRID 567324Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 567324 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].[Cl:19][C:20]1[CH:27]=[CH:26][CH:25]=[CH:24][C:21]=1[CH2:22]Br>CN(C=O)C.C(OCC)(=O)C>[Cl:19][C:20]1[CH:27]=[CH:26][CH:25]=[CH:24][C:21]=1[CH2:22][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

5

Reactant 2

HCID 11905alpha-Bromo-o-chlorotolueneHCID 11368514methyl 4-oxo-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-5-carboxylate

Product 1

HCID 227406169-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-oneYield 53.5%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolventHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Procedure

40% Methanolic Triton B (2.42 mL, 5.3 mM) was slowly added dropwise to a solution of 5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydro-9H-carbazol-4(3H)-one (873.7 mg, 3.59 mM) in 10 mL of DMF at 25° C. After 5 minutes, 2-chlorobenzyl bromide (1.11 g, 5.39 mM) was added and the resultant mixture stirred at room temperature for 72 hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed five times with H2O, once with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified by crystallization from ethyl acetate to afford 706.3 mg (53%) of the 9-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbomethoxy-1,2-dihydrocarbazol-4(3H)-one as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.6 (m, 2H), 7.4-7.1 (m, 4H), 6.5 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 5.6 (s, 2H), 3.8 (s, 3H), 2.9 (t, 2H, J=6 Hz), 2.4 (t, 2H, J=6 Hz), and 2.1 (m, 2H). IR (CHCl3, cm−1) 3050, 2950, 1725, 1655, 1462, 1446, 1435, 1288 and 1120. MS (ES) m/e 368, 370.

Workup

  1. washwashed five times with H2O
  2. dry with materialonce with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  3. filtrationfiltered
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customThe residue was purified by crystallization from ethyl acetate

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-93bd277b746c49479b71dd9746dd2894
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_01
Patent number
US06177440B1

Reaction notes

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