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Buchwald–Hartwig amination, record ord-232b7429c3f0450bb3d4836c8a002e13

One recorded run of this reaction. Below is what the source recorded, and nothing added to it.

verified record40% yield recordedNot balanced as writtenFrom experimental reaction archive

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What was in the flask

RoleSpeciesFormulaYield
Reactant3-IodobenzyloxybenzeneC₁₃H₁₁IO
Reactant2-Methyl-6-(trifluoromethoxy)-1H-indoleC₁₀H₈F₃NO
Reagentsodium 2-methylpropan-2-olateC₄H₉NaO
Catalyst2-(Di-tert-butylphosphino)biphenylC₂₀H₂₇P
CatalystBis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladiumC₅₁H₄₂O₃Pd₂
Solvent1,4-DioxaneC₄H₈O₂
Product2-Methyl-1-(3-phenylmethoxyphenyl)-6-(trifluoromethoxy)indoleC₂₃H₁₈F₃NO₂40.17%

The equation does not balance as written. That is usual for an experimental record: the source listed what it put in and what it measured, not a stoichiometric equation.

Conditions

Temperature
120 °C

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Yield

  • 40% of 2-Methyl-1-(3-phenylmethoxyphenyl)-6-(trifluoromethoxy)indole.

Procedure

Copied from the source record, unedited

EN04773-50, _Buchwald coupling,_ ** _J. Med. Chem. 2009, page 3846-3854 (changed: solvent to dioxane and bromide to iodide)._** The indole from 4773-41, 1-(benzyloxy)-3-iodobenzene, Pd2(dba)3, JohnPhos and KOtBu were dissolved in toluene. The mixture was warmed at 120 °C for 1h and ~40% conversion was observed on NMR. The reaction mixture was further heated at 80 °C for 16h and 40 h, see attached 1H-NMR for reaction progress. A comparison with 4773-51 shows that using dioxane or iodide gives a lower yield (slower reaction). Switching the solvent to toluene was explored in 4773-52. The reaction in this experiment showed that the Buchwald conditions worked. Reaction mixture was thrown away.

The source

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  • experimental reaction archive record ord-232b7429c3f0450bb3d4836c8a002e13 from dataset "750 AstraZeneca ELN dataset" (url: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/60c9e3f37792a23bfdb2d471). No atom mapping is provided by the source.

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