Abstract
We report a highly efficient thiourea catalyzed dehydrative nucleophilic substitution reaction. The Schreiner's thiourea catalyst A1 catalyzed the alkylation of 3-substituted oxindoles with xanthydrols well, to furnish quaternary oxindoles in high yield. The ESI-MS analysis confirms the interaction of 3-substituted oxindole 1 with the thiourea, which might facilitate the oxindole-hydroxindole tautomerization for the alkylation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 19880-19884 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | RSC Advances |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 43 |
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| State | Published - 21 Nov 2013 |