Hexane → 1-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indole

HRID 581131Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 581131 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[C:8]2[C:4]=1[CH:5]=[C:6]([CH3:12])[NH:7]2.[H-].[Na+].CCCCCC.[F:21][C:22]1[CH:29]=[CH:28][C:25]([CH2:26]Cl)=[CH:24][CH:23]=1>CN(C=O)C.O>[F:21][C:22]1[CH:29]=[CH:28][C:25]([CH2:26][N:7]2[C:8]3[C:4](=[C:3]([O:2][CH3:1])[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=3)[CH:5]=[C:6]2[CH3:12])=[CH:24][CH:23]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 8058HexaneHCID 96024-Fluorobenzyl chlorideHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 107732744-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indole

Product 1

HCID 108258491-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indoleYield 84%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent2×

Procedure

4-Methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indole (805 mg, 5 mmol) was added to a mixture of 200 mg (5 mmol) of 60% sodium hydride/mineral oil (washed with hexane before adding DMF) in 10 mL of DMF and after stirring for 0.5 hours, 0.6 mL (5 mmol) of 4-fluorobenzyl chloride was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours, diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate solution was washed with brine, dried (MgSO4) and after concentrating at reduced pressure, the residue was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with 20% EtOAc/hexane to give 1.1 g (84% yield) of 1-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indole, melting at 104-108° C.

Workup

  1. stirringThe mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours
  2. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  3. washThe ethyl acetate solution was washed with brine
  4. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  5. concentrationafter concentrating at reduced pressure
  6. customthe residue was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with 20% EtOAc/hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-414cccc833ac4dcb8745540f08f47291
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_07
Patent number
US05919810

Reaction notes

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