Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 13691150, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium hydride (1.1 g.; 23 mM; 50% w/w oil dispersion) was added to a stirred solution of spiro [pyrrolidine-3,3'-indoline]-2,2',5-trione (2.1 g.; 9.7 mM) in DMF (40 ml.), under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The mixture was stirred until effervescence had ceased and then heated to approximately 90° C. 3,4-Dichlorobenzyl chloride (2.2 g., 11.2 mM) was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was then allowed to cool to ambient temperature, stirred for 16 hours, and poured into water. The aqueous mixture was acidified (concentrated hydrochloric acid) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×150 ml.). The combined extracts were washed with water (3×150 ml.), brine (150 ml.), dried MgSO4) and evaporated. The residual oil was purified by chromatography on silica gel (150 g.) using an increasing gradient of ethyl acetate in toluene as eluant. Fractions were monitored by TLC (SiO2 : 50% v/v EtOAc/toluene) and those containing the major component (relative flow value : 0.5) were evaporated to give 1'-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-spiro[pyrrolidine-3,3'-indoline]-2,2',5-trione (0.6 g , m.p. 205°-207° C. (recrystallised twice from MeOH).

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