Dimethyl Sulfate → 7-Fluoro-1-methylindolin-2-one

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This is similar to the procedure described in G. W. Rewcastle, B. D. Palmer, E. M. Dobrusin, D. W. Fry, A. J. Kracker and W. A. Deny, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1994, 37, 2033-2042. A suspension of the 7-fluoro-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one (9, 1.0 g, 6.62 mmol.) in H2O (30 mL) and NaOH (0.397 g, 9.92 mmol., 1.50 eq.) was treated with dimethyl sulfate (1.24 g, 9.86 mmol., 1.49 eq., 0.933 mL; added all at once) and heated to 100° C. for approx. 10 min. and then allowed to cooled to about 50° C. An additional 1.0 eq. of NaOH (0.265 g) and then additional 1 eq. of dimethyl sulfate (0.835 g, 0.626 mL) were added. Again heated to 100° for approx. 10 min. Then cooled to 0° C. in an ice bath and stirred and then filtered off solids, washed several times with water and dried on buchner funnel under vacuum overnight to yield the title compound as a solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-D) δ ppm 3.4 (d, J=2.5 Hz, 3H) 3.5 (s, 2H) 6.9 (m, 3H).

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