5-Fluoroisatin → HCID 57475126, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

5-Fluoroisatin 32 (10 mmol, Lancaster, order no. 14553) was dissolved in a mixture of ethanol/pyridine/acetic acid (50 ml, 15:5:2), ethyl potassium malonate 33 (1.87 g, 11 mmol) was added, and the mixture was heated under reflux for 14 hours. The course of the reaction was monitored by TLC (eluent: ethyl acetate/hexane 1:1). The product was worked up by distilling off the solvent mixture under reduced pressure, taking up the residue in ethyl acetate (50 ml) and extracting the mixture by shaking with water (50 ml). After separation of the phases, the aqueous phase was extracted twice with 30 ml portions of ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were washed with 2 N HCl (50 ml), dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to 20 ml under reduced pressure. Hexane was added to the solution until the product started to crystallize. To bring the crystallization to completion, the mixture was cooled to 10° C. for 12 hours. The solid was filtered out with suction and dried in vacuo.

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