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Mn(III)-based oxidative cyclization of N-aryl-3-oxobutanamides. facile synthesis and transformation of substituted oxindoles
Kikue, Nobutaka,Takahashi, Tetsuya,Nishino, Hiroshi
, p. 540 - 562 (2015)
The oxidation of 3-oxo-N-phenylbutanamides 1 with manganese(III) acetate in ethanol afforded dimeric 3,3'-biindoline-2,2'-dione derivatives 3-5. A similar reaction of N,2-disubstituted N-aryl-3-oxobutanamides 6 in acetic acid produced 3-acetylindolin-2-ones 7 bearing various substituents in good to excellent yields. The acetylindolinones 7 were easily deacetylated by treatment using neutral alumina in diethyl ether. Both the acetylindolinones 7 and deacetylated indolinones 8 were transformed by reduction into the substituted 1H-indoles.