Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(Chloroacetyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one

HRID 1952915Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1952915 reaction equation
[NH:1]1[C:9]2[C:4](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=2)[CH2:3][C:2]1=[O:10].[Cl-].[Al+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl:15][CH2:16][C:17](Cl)=[O:18].Cl>ClC(Cl)C.C(OCC)(=O)C>[Cl:15][CH2:16][C:17]([C:6]1[CH:5]=[C:4]2[C:9](=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)[NH:1][C:2](=[O:10])[CH2:3]2)=[O:18]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 6577Chloroacetyl chlorideHCID 321710OxindoleHCID 6451240Aluminum(III) Chloride

Product 1

HCID 20605765-(Chloroacetyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-oneYield 98%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 63651,1-DichloroethaneSolventHCID 8857Ethyl AcetateSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
45 °C

Procedure

2-Oxindole (6.7 g) was added to a stirred suspension of 23 g of aluminum chloride in 30 mL of dichloroethane in an ice bath. Chloroacetyl chloride (11.3 g) was slowly added and hydrogen chloride gas was evolved. After ten minutes of stirring, the reaction was warmed at 40 to 50° C. for 1.5 hours. Thin layer chromatography (ethyl acetate, silica gel) showed no remaining starting material. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into ice water. The precipitate was collected by vacuum filtration, washed with water and dried under vacuum to give 10.3 g (98%) of 5-chloroacetyl-2-oxindole as an off-white solid.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was cooled to room temperature
  2. filtrationThe precipitate was collected by vacuum filtration
  3. washwashed with water
  4. customdried under vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5151d2f84f704b5da26821df237f2a1b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_09
Patent number
US06114371

Reaction notes

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