Ethanol → 1-(4-Acetoxybenzyl)indoline-2,3-dione

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An ethanol solution of potassium hydroxide (16.6 g. in 400 ml.) was added to a stirred solution of indoline-2,3-dione (isatin) (43.6 g.) in dimethyl sulphoxide (400 ml.). After 10 minutes a solution of 4-acetoxybenzyl bromide (76.3 g.) in dimethyl sulphoxide (40 ml.) was added. The mixture was stirred for 72 hours and then poured into ice/water (~1000 ml.). The gum which first formed slowly crystallised. The solid which formed was recrystallised from methanol (500 ml.) to give 1-(4-acetoxybenzyl)indoline-2,3-dione as a solid, m.p. 159°-161° C.

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