Robison, Michael M.; Robinson, Bonnie L. published an article in 1955, the title of the article was 7-Azaindole. II. Conversion to 7-methyl-7H-pyrrolo-[2,3-b]pyridine and related compounds.Related Products of 156267-13-9 And the article contains the following content:
cf. C.A. 50, 1019g. 7-Azaindole (I) (5.90 g.) [prepared by a slight modification of the method described previously (loc. cit.)] in 75 cc. dry C6H6 refluxed 50 min. with 11.1 g. p-MeC6H4SO3Me, cooled, kept overnight, and filtered, the solid washed with EtOAc, and the white crystalline product (14.07 g.) dissolved in boiling CHCl3, diluted to turbidity with EtOAc, and cooled yielded 7-methyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate (II), prisms, m. 134.0-4.5° (all m.ps. are corrected). I kept 3 days with 4 equivalents MeI, the excess MeI evaporated, and the residue washed with Et2O gave 100% impure 7-methyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridinium iodide (III), m. 80-150°. Crude II (7.60 g.) in 15 cc. H2O saturated with cooling with K2CO3 and extracted with 600 cc. Et2O in 10 portions, the extract dried and evaporated, the brown oily residue in the min. amount hot 1:1 C6H6-hexane, treated with Darco, and evaporated on the steam bath, the residue chilled, and the yellow-brown solid residue dried in vacuo over KOH and distilled in a sublimation apparatus at 80-90° (bath) and 0.2 mm. yielded 2.31 g. crude 7-methyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (IV), yellow solid, which dried in the m.p. tube in vacuo several months showed a m.p. of 48.5-50.5° (sealed tube); it liquefied rapidly in air; pKb 5.2. III gave similarly 88% 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]-pyridine, λ 245 (4.197), 309 (3.945), 385 mμ (log ε 2.991); pKb 5.1. The amine (0.31 g.), m. 44-6°, from the hydrolysis of II, and 20 cc. 20% aqueous NaOH refluxed 5.25 h., cooled, and extracted with Et2O, and the residue from the extract dried in vacuo over KOH yielded 0.28 g. IV, m. 44-6°. II (1.38 g.) in 15 cc. H2O treated with 1.14 g. picric acid and 0.41 g. anhydrous NaOAc yielded the picrate of IV, lemon-yellow needles, m. 209.5-10.5°. I (273 mg.) refluxed 6 h. with 20 cc. aqueous NaOH and extracted with Et2O gave 258 mg. unchanged I. IV (692.5 mg.) in 50 cc. 95% EtOH hydrogenated 25.5 h. at atm. pressure over 340 mg. Pt (reduced PtO2), the resulting yellow oil (506 mg.) in 10 cc. dry C6H6 kept 65 min. at room temperature with 429 mg. PhNCO, the C6H6 evaporated on the steam bath in a N stream, the residue warmed slightly with a few cc. H2O and 5 cc. 5% HCl, the solution filtered, the filtrate treated with Darco and basified strongly with excess K2CO3, the resulting oil chilled and scratched, and the solid washed and dried yielded 0.76 g. 1-phenyl-3-[2-(1-methyl-3-piperidyl)ethyl]urea (IVa), m. 100.5-2.0° (from cyclohexane) (sealed tube). 3-Pyridineacetonitrile (5.88 g.) in 80 cc. 95% EtOH and 20 cc. concentrated NH4OH hydrogenated 7 h. at 2 atm. pressure over 2-3 g. Raney Ni, filtered, the EtOH evaporated on the steam bath, the residual solution saturated with K2CO3 and extracted with CHCl3, and the extract distilled yielded 4.21 g. 3-(2-aminoethyl)pyridine (V), liquid, b15 114-19°. V treated with 2 equivalents picric acid in hot H2O gave the dipicrate, yellow needles, m. 213.5-14.0° (decomposition). V (1.22 g.) in 10 co. dry C6H6 treated 0.5 h. with 1.19 g. PhNCO and the product washed with C6H6 and dried in vacuo yielded 2.33 g. 1-phenyl-3-[2-(3-pyridyl)ethyl]urea (VI), needles, m. 114.5-15.5° (from 1:9 EtOH-H2O and from C6H6). VI (1.61 g.) and 9.5 g. MeI kept 26 h. under N, the excess MeI decanted, and the residue dried in vacuo yielded 3.07 g. 1-methyl-3-[2-(3-phenylureido)ethyl]pyridinium iodide (VII), hygroscopic, prisms, m. 71.5-4.5° (sealed tube) (from absolute EtOH). VII (1.485 g.) in 60 cc. 95% EtOH hydrogenated 8 h. at atm. pressure over 340 mg. prereduced PtO2, the resulting product dissolved in dilute HCl, filtered, and treated with excess K2CO3, and the oil rubbed gave 853 mg. IVa, m. 99.5-100.5° (sealed tube). Com. NaNH2 (1.95 g.) (finely powd.) in 100 cc. dry xylene treated dropwise with stirring with 5.90 g. I in 50 cc. dry xylene, the mixture refluxed 8 h., cooled to room temperature, treated with stirring during 0.5 h. with 7.1 g. MeI in 50 cc. xylene, refluxed 2 h., kept overnight at room temperature, and diluted with 75 cc. H2O and 20 cc. concentrated HCl, the xylene layer extracted with dilute acid, the combined aqueous extracts washed with Et2O, basified with solid K2CO3, and extracted with 600 cc. Et2O in 6 portions, the extract dried and evaporated, and the residue distilled, the resulting 4 g. mixture washed with cyclohexane, steam distilled, treated with K2CO3, extracted with Et2O, and distilled gave 1.28 g. 1-methyl-7-azaindole (VII), hygroscopic oil, b21 112-16°, nD26 1.5959, d22 1.107; it developed a yellow color on standing. 2-Amino-3-picoline (21.6 g.) in 100 cc. dry Et2O refluxed 2 h. with 7.8 g. NaNH2, cooled to room temperature, treated with 28.4 g. MeI in 50 cc. dry Et2O with stirring during 35 min., refluxed 1 h., cooled, diluted with 40 cc. H2O, and treated with excess K2CO3, the aqueous layer extracted with Et2O, and the extract dried and distilled gave 20.75 g. crude alkylation product, yellow oil, b22 105-15°; 65.94 g. crude product in 200 cc. dry pyridine treated with cooling and swirling during 12 min. with 170.2 g. BzCl, heated 0.5 h., cooled, poured below 10° into 250 cc. concentrated HCl and 790 cc. H2O, and filtered, the filtrate basified and extracted with Et2O, and the extract distilled gave 85.36 g. N-methyl-N-(3-methyl-2-pyridyl)benzamide (VIII), b22 210° to b20 220° needles, m. 92.0-3.5° (from 1:1 EtOH-H2O and from hexane). VIII (85.36 g.) refluxed 1 h. with 202 cc. concentrated HCl, cooled, filtered, basified strongly with K2CO3, and extracted with Et2O, and the extract dried and distilled gave 82.6% pure 2-methylamino-3-picoline (IX), hygroscopic oil, b21 113°, m. about 21°. IX (32.96 g.) formylated by the method of Clemo and Swan (C.A. 40, 581.1), the volatile materials distilled off after 2 days up to 60° (23 mm.), the residue dissolved in 65 cc. H2O, treated with excess K2CO3, and extracted with Et2O, and the extract dried and distilled gave 26.38 g. N-methyl-N-(3-methyl-2-pyridyl)formamide (X), oil, b19 151-56°. X added to PhNHNa and HCO2K, the reaction carried out in the usual manner (loc. cit.), the mixture treated with H2O and AcOH, and steam distilled, the distillate treated with excess HCl, decolorized with Darco, treated with excess Ac2O and NaOAc, and filtered, the filter residue washed with H2O and dilute HCl, and the combined filtrates basified with K2CO3 did not give any liquid product. X treated with 1.5 mol KOEt by the method of Tyson (C.A. 35, 5889.9) 0.5 h. at 350°, the dark mixture cooled, decomposed with H2O, and steam distilled, the distillate acidified with HCl, washed with Et2O, basified with K2CO3, and extracted with Et2O, the extract dried and distilled, and the distillate, b18 108-12°, nD30 1.5665, treated with BzCl, poured into aqueous K2CO3, allowed to stand 40 min., and extracted with Et2O gave the benzoate of IX, b19 212°, m. 91.5-96°. IV (0.52 g.) kept 28 h. with 5 cc. MeI under N, the excess MeI evaporated, and the solid residue dried gave 1.37 g. impure 1,7-dimethyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridinium iodide (XI), white needles, m. 249.5° (decomposition), λ 227 (4.522), 296 μ (log ε 3.888). VII (652 mg.) treated 60 h. under N with 5 cc. MeI, the excess MeI evaporated in a N stream, and the residue washed with cyclohexane gave 597 mg. XI; m. 250.5° (decomposition) (from absolute EtOH); the cyclohexane washings evaporated gave 275 mg. VII. The UV absorption spectra of I, IV, VII, and 7-azaskatole are recorded. The experimental process involved the reaction of N,3-Dimethylpyridin-2-amine(cas: 156267-13-9).Related Products of 156267-13-9
N,3-Dimethylpyridin-2-amine(cas:156267-13-9) belongs to pyridine-derivatives. Several pyridine derivatives play important roles in biological systems. While its biosynthesis is not fully understood, nicotinic acid (vitamin B3) occurs in some bacteria, fungi, and mammals.Related Products of 156267-13-9