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Buchwald–Hartwig amination, record ord-f89f3a46444e42c0973a5acc34e50e60

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

verified record62% yield recordedNot balanced as writtenFrom experimental reaction archive

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What was in the flask

RoleSpeciesFormulaYield
Reactant1-(Benzyloxy)-3-bromobenzeneC₁₃H₁₁BrO
Reactant2-Methyl-6-(trifluoromethoxy)-1H-indoleC₁₀H₈F₃NO
Reagentsodium 2-methylpropan-2-olateC₄H₉NaO
Catalyst2-(Di-tert-butylphosphino)biphenylC₂₀H₂₇P
CatalystBis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladiumC₅₁H₄₂O₃Pd₂
SolventTolueneC₇H₈
Product2-Methyl-1-(3-phenylmethoxyphenyl)-6-(trifluoromethoxy)indoleC₂₃H₁₈F₃NO₂62.48%

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
80 °C

Only the dimensions the source stated are listed. Anything absent here was not recorded, and it is not inferred from what the class usually needs.

Yield

  • 62% of 2-Methyl-1-(3-phenylmethoxyphenyl)-6-(trifluoromethoxy)indole.

Procedure

Copied from the source record, unedited

EN04773-54, _Buchwald coupling, toluene and bromide_ The indole from 4773-41, 1-(benzyloxy)-3-bromobenzene,Pd2(dba)3 (5mol%), JohnPhos (10mol%) and KOtBu (1.4eq) were dissolved in toluene. The mixture was warmed at 80 °C for 40 hours.* The reaction was carefully monitored and analysis data from 2h, 4, 16 and 40 h are attached. According to LCMS there were ca 75% conversion to the product. The mixture was washed with water, concentrtaed and purified by silica column (Hep/EtOAc 6:1). The collected fractions contained product (6 g, 62.5% yield) but had some impurity (see TLC and NMR). Nevertheless Friedel crafts acylation was performed without further purifications. See e.g. 4773-56. ### *JohnPhos, pd2(dba)3 and sodium tertbutoxide had been dissolved in toluene and was portionwise added to

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  • experimental reaction archive record ord-f89f3a46444e42c0973a5acc34e50e60 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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