A Facile Method for the Synthesis of 3-Alkyloxindole

  • Tai Ping Du
  • , Gang Guo Zhu*
  • , Jian Zhou
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Benzylamine in combination with acetic acid was identified as a powerful catalyst for the condensation of oxindole with aldehydes, acetone or cyclic ketones. A variety of 3-alkyloxindoles could be readily prepared in 10 mmol scale via the sequential benzylamine acetate catalyzed condensation of oxindoles with aldehydes (or ketones) and conjugate reduction by NaBH 4.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)225-232
Number of pages8
JournalLetters in Organic Chemistry
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

Keywords

  • 3-alkenyloxindoles
  • 3-alkyloxindoles
  • Benzylamine
  • Carbonyl compounds
  • Conjugate reduction
  • Knoevenagel condensations

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