O-Xylene → 1-acetyl-6-bromo-3-methyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one

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To 6-bromo-3-methyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one (11.2 g) were added acetic anhydride (12 ml) and xylene (120 ml), and the mixture was refluxed for 5 hours. After the reaction was complete, water was added to the reaction solution, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate solution. This ethyl acetate solution was washed successively with water, a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and an aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=4/1) to give the title compound (9.5 g) as a red solid.

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