Ethanol → HCID 13592496, compound

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Reaction Steps

18 g. 5-Hydroxy-3-isopropylindolinone are dissolved in 150 ml. ethanol, 22 ml. epichlorohydrin are added thereto, the mixture is mixed with 5.3 g. potassium hydroxide in 5 ml. water and the reaction mixture is stirred for 2 days at ambient temperature. After the addition of 200 ml. water, the reaction mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate and the extract purified over a column of silica gel with methylene chloride/methanol (95:5 v/v). There are obtained 11 g. of the title compound; yield 50% of theory; m.p. 122°-125° C., after recrystallisation from diethyl ether.

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