Sodium Carbonate → 5-bromo-3,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-2-one

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Reaction Steps

3,3-dimethyl-indol-2-one (0.65 g, 4.03 mmol) and sodium acetate (0.33 g, 4.07 mmol) were stirred in acetic acid (5 cm3) then bromine (0.66 g, 4.13 mmol) in acetic acid (5 cm3) was added drop-wise to the reaction mixture. The reaction was stirred for 50 min., then poured into water. The mixture was basified with sodium carbonate, extracted with ethyl acetate (×3), dried (MgSO4), filtered, and evaporated to give the subtitled compound (0.89 g, 92%) 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 1.21 (s, 6H), 6.76 (d, 1H, J=8.22 Hz), 7.29 (dd, 1H, J=2.12 Hz, 8.23 Hz), 7.49 (d, 1H, J=2.03 Hz), 10.4 (s, 1H).

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