Potassium Iodide → HCID 57803033, compound

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A mixture of rac-6-chloro-3-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one (0.17 g, 0.6 mmol) (from Example 7b supra), benzyl bromide (0.12 g, 0.7 mmol) (Aldrich), potassium iodide (0.12 g, 0.71 mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.18 g, 1.3 mmol) in acetone (5 mL) was heated at 60° C. for 5 hours in a capped pressure tube. Mixture was then stirred at room temperature over night and then diluted with ethyl acetate (50 mL) and extracted with water (2×50 mL) and brine (50 mL). Aqueous layers were back washed with ethyl acetate (50 mL). Organic layers were combined, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated. Residue was purified by flash chromatography (Biotage 40S, dichloromethane, then 5% ethyl acetate in dichloromethane as solvent) to give two products. Lower Rf sample was recrystallized from ethyl acetate-hexanes to give rac-3-benzyl-6-chloro-3-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one as white plates. (Yield 0.16 g, 72.4%).

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