Reaction #46519

Reaction equation

5-bromo-1,3-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-2-one

tert-butyl acrylate

tri-ortho-tolylphosphine

diisopropylethylamine

→

title compound

Yield 162.4%

tert-Butyl (E)-3-(2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-5-yl)acrylate

Yield 162.4%

Solvents

propionitrile

DMF

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   Temperatureat reflux overnight
2. 2
   FiltrationThe dark mixture was filtered through Celite®
3. 3
   Concentrationthe filtrate was concentrated

Procedure

A solution of 5-bromo-1,3-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-2-one (2.0 g, 9.49 mmole), tert-butyl acrylate (1.8 g, 14.1 mmole), Pd(OAc)2 (0.32 g, 1.4 mmole), tri-ortho-tolylphosphine (0.57 g, 1.9 mmole), and diisopropylethylamine (4.9 mL, 28.2 mmole) in propionitrile (100 mL) and DMF (10 mL) was heated at reflux overnight. The dark mixture was filtered through Celite®, and the filtrate was concentrated. Flash chromatography on silica (9:1 CHCl3/CH3OH containing 5% NH4OH) gave the title compound (0.80 g, 33%) as a light yellow solid. MS (ES) m/e 261 (M+H)+.

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