Dimethyl Disulfide → 7-(Methylsulfanyl)-1H-indole

Temperature

0 °C

To a solution of 7-bromo-1H-indole (3.0 g, 15.3 mmol) in THF (60 mL) at −78° C. was added tBuLi (1.7 M, 33.8 mL, 57.4 mmol) and the mixture was allowed to warm to 0° C. The reaction was re-cooled to −78° C. and a solution of dimethyl disulfide (2.0 mL, 22.9 mmol) was added and the reaction was allowed to warm to 0° C. The reaction was quenched with saturated ammonium chloride and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure to yield the crude product. This material was purified by chromatography over silica gel eluting with ethyl acetate in hexanes (0→2%) to afford pure 7-(methylthio)-1H-indole (1.4 g, 55%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ=2.50 (s, 3H), 6.58 (dd, J=3.03, 2.02 Hz, 1H), 7.09 (t, J=7.58 Hz, 1H), 7.18-7.31 (m, 2H), 7.56 (d, J=7.83 Hz, 1H), 8.45 (br. s., 1H); MS (ES+): m/z 164.15 [MH+].

1. temperatureThe reaction was re-cooled to −78° C.
2. temperatureto warm to 0° C
3. customThe reaction was quenched with saturated ammonium chloride
4. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
5. washThe organic layer was washed with brine
6. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
7. customevaporated under reduced pressure
8. customto yield the crude product
9. customThis material was purified by chromatography over silica gel eluting with ethyl acetate in hexanes (0→2%)

ORD record

ord-a8dc5c519da94e89904aa4152994a318

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2010_04

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07700594B2